2006-11-29 02:36:06 · 17 answers · asked by Sassi 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
To separate the wheat from the chaff is a farming term.
In threshing, once done by hand and a threshing tool, now mechanised, the wheat grain is beaten or threshed and separated from the rest of the plant, including the husk.
Probably now used to mean to separate the good from the bad, or the useful from the useless.
2006-12-03 00:05:20 · answer #1 · answered by Florence-Anna 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Personally, I think the original saying about separating the wheat from the chaff probably came from the Bible. This verse in the Bible is almost identical in Luke 3:17 and Matthew 3:12:
His winnowing fan is in His hand, and He will thoroughly clean out His threshing floor, and gather His wheat into the barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”
At that time, everyone knew that wheat was the grain of life, while the chaff was worthless to even feed cattle. When the time comes God will separate the worthy from the worthless, i.e. cutting the "wheat from the chaff".
2006-11-29 02:54:20 · answer #2 · answered by karat4top 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
From the farming action of seperating the wheat form the chaff, where else would it come from ?
The wheat is blown to clear away the unwanted outer covering. The traditional way is to throw the wheat up in the air but these days its done in a tumbler barrel with forced air.
wheat is useful, chaff is useless.
2006-11-29 02:44:41 · answer #3 · answered by Michael H 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Farmers when they got up in the morning would say I have to go and cut the wheat from the chaff today.
2006-11-29 02:44:30 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The wheat is cut then thrashed to break off the ears.
Left to dry again the 'wheat must be separated from the chaff' prior to grinding it on a Mill Stone.
It was this process that started industrialisation and a large number of Millers in my area had Jewish names?
2006-11-29 02:57:34 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its SEPARATE the wheat from the chaff, surely
The chaff is the outer covering of the wheat seed, so its a farming type term.
The threshing process separates the wanted wheat seed from the unwanted outer husk or "chaff"
2006-11-29 02:48:10 · answer #6 · answered by Billybean 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the above answers are correct but the saying I know is seperating the wheat from the chaff.
2006-11-29 02:45:44 · answer #7 · answered by The Cheminator 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sassi I think you mean sort the wheat from the chaff dont you?
2006-12-02 23:29:42 · answer #8 · answered by srracvuee 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the chaff is the lower part of a wheat plant.
2006-12-02 02:22:37 · answer #9 · answered by Belfast Bap!! 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Harvesting. When wheat is harvested the useful grain 'the wheat' has to be separated from the rest - 'the chaff' before it can be used.
2006-11-29 02:38:17 · answer #10 · answered by Campbell M 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋