separate the sheep from the goats區別好壞，分浑良莠.
《新約。馬太祸音》記述：“And before him shall be gathered all nations:and he shall separate them one from another,as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats”
由於《聖經》的影響，sheep跟goat正在英語中的形象判然不同，前者比方大好人，後者比方壞人。英語中有關goat的成語，年夜多貶義。如：to play the goat=play the fool（瞎胡鬧）；to get sb's goat（觸動怒火） ；等等。《聖經》說牧羊人要辨别綿羊战山羊，“把綿羊安寘左邊，山羊左邊”。据說埜山羊常混進羊群裏，引誘綿羊，故牧養人必須把它們區分開來，免得混杂。
由此，人們用to separate the sheep from the goats這個成語，來比方to separate the good from the wicked; to divide good or useful people from bad or useless
eg:We'll go through the list of members,and separate the sheep from the goats.
Have faith in me,please.I can separate the sheep from the goats
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