Meaning: chaff 
tʃɑːf
n.
material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
foil in thin strips; ejected into the air as a radar countermeasure
v.
be silly or tease one another
be caught with chaff Idiom, Proverb
Separate the wheat from the chaff
When you separate the wheat from the chaff, you select what is useful or valuable and reject what is useless or worthless.separate wheat from chaff
separate wheat from chaffSort the valuable from the worthless, as in I hope we'll get a preview of the auction so we can separate the wheat from the chaff. This idiom alludes to the ancient practice of winnowing grain.
be bent with chaff
To be calmly bamboozled or duped. I alone listened to that fool because I was bent with crust aback then.Learn more: caught, chaffbe bent with chaff
be calmly deceived. Chaff is the crust of blah afar from the atom by threshing. Be bent with chaff has been acclimated back the backward 15th aeon as a allegory for actuality calmly bamboozled or trapped.Learn more: caught, chaff
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send someone about his or her business senior separate but equal separate wheat from chaff series serve a purpose serve one right service session be cacking it be careful be careful not to (do something) be careful what you wish for(, it might (just) come true) be carried away be carried out feet first be carved in stone be carved/set in stone be cast in a (some kind of) mold be cast in a mould be cast in cement be cast in concrete be cast in the same mould be caught flat-footed be caught in a time warp be caught in the act be caught in the crossfire be caught in the middle be caught napping be caught off (one's) guard be caught on the hop be caught on the wrong foot be caught short be caught with (one's) pants down be caught with (one's) trousers down be caught with chaff be caught with your pants down be caught/taken short be center stage be certain be certain of (something) be certain that (something will happen or is the case) be chafing at the bit be chalk and cheese be champing at the bit be champing/chomping at the bit be chasing (one's) (own) tail be chasing rainbows be chasing tail be chasing your tail be child's play be chilled to the marrow be chomping at the bit be chucking (it) down be chuffed to bits be cleaned out be climbing the walls be close to (one's) heart be close to home be close to the bone be close to the mark
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