Glossary entry

Swedish term or phrase:

skiljs från vetet

English translation:

separate from wheat

Added to glossary by Paul Lambert
Mar 26, 2009 08:52
15 yrs ago
Swedish term

skiljs från vetet

Swedish to English Bus/Financial Business/Commerce (general) business relations
Sentence given:
"Här jobbar vi med ett företag där vi skulle vilja påstå att agnarna skiljs från vetet i vem som är bäst på att verkställa sina mål, inte sätta dem."
Proposed translations (English)
5 +9 separate from wheat

Proposed translations

+9
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separate from wheat

(literally, of course) the entire sentence is "separate the wheat from the chaff"

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Note added at 10 mins (2009-03-26 09:02:59 GMT)
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Perhaps a bit unclear - "agnarna skiljs från vetet" is "separate the wheat from the chaff"
Peer comment(s):

agree Béatrice Öman : yep
1 min
thanks!
agree Antje Harder : That is exactly the idiom the author uses.
5 mins
thanks!
agree Christine Andersen
17 mins
thanks!
agree Anna Herbst : the wheat or the grain
1 hr
thanks!
agree e-beth (X)
1 hr
thanks!
agree De Novi
3 hrs
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agree Gayle Rolando (X)
4 hrs
thanks!
agree Annabel Oldfield
9 hrs
agree Michele Fauble
13 hrs
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