separate the sheep from the goats區(qū)別好壞，分清良莠
《新約。馬太福音》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"
由于《圣經(jīng)》的影響，sheep和goat在英語(yǔ)中的形象截然不同，前者比喻好人，后者比喻壞人。英語(yǔ)中有關(guān)goat的成語(yǔ)，大多貶義。如：to play the goat=play the fool（瞎胡鬧）；to get sb's goat（觸動(dòng)肝火）；等等?！妒ソ?jīng)》說(shuō)牧羊人要分辨綿羊和山羊，"把綿羊安置右邊，山羊左邊".據(jù)說(shuō)野山羊?；爝M(jìn)羊群里，引誘綿羊，故牧養(yǎng)人必須把它們區(qū)分開(kāi)來(lái)，以免混淆。
由此，人們用to separate the sheep from the goats這個(gè)成語(yǔ)，來(lái)比喻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
《新約。馬太福音》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"
由于《圣經(jīng)》的影響，sheep和goat在英語(yǔ)中的形象截然不同，前者比喻好人，后者比喻壞人。英語(yǔ)中有關(guān)goat的成語(yǔ)，大多貶義。如：to play the goat=play the fool（瞎胡鬧）；to get sb's goat（觸動(dòng)肝火）；等等?！妒ソ?jīng)》說(shuō)牧羊人要分辨綿羊和山羊，"把綿羊安置右邊，山羊左邊".據(jù)說(shuō)野山羊?；爝M(jìn)羊群里，引誘綿羊，故牧養(yǎng)人必須把它們區(qū)分開(kāi)來(lái)，以免混淆。
由此，人們用to separate the sheep from the goats這個(gè)成語(yǔ)，來(lái)比喻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