单词 | separate the men from the boys |
释义 | separate the men from the boysDistinguish between mature, experienced individuals and novices, as in The picket line will separate the men from the boys in the union. The idiom is used without respect to gender. [c. 1930] Words nearby separate the men from the boysseparable, separate, separate but equal, separates, separate school, separate the men from the boys, separate the sheep from the goats, separate wheat from chaff, separating funnel, separation, separation anxiety The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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