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Idiom: keep on the wheat rather than the chaff?



 
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Idiom: keep on the wheat rather than the chaff? #1 (permalink) Wed Apr 19, 2006 18:49 pm   Idiom: keep on the wheat rather than the chaff?		  
Hi again, thank you all for answering my question about the phrase 'this shit is bananas'. I have another question, this time about an idiom: to keep on the wheat rather than the chaff

I suppose if you keep on the wheat rather than the chaff, you do a good job?

Thanks in advance and keep on rocking Smile
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Idiom: keep on the wheat rather than the chaff? #2 (permalink) Thu Apr 20, 2006 4:19 am   Idiom: keep on the wheat rather than the chaff?		  
Nicole wrote:
I suppose if you keep on the wheat rather than the chaff, you do a good job?

When you keep the wheat rather than the chaff, it usually means you've kept the good, productive people and gotten rid of the others.
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