chaff

1. (uncountable, usually)The inedible parts of a grain-producing plant.

   To separate out the chaff, early cultures tossed baskets of grain into the air and let the wind blow away the lighter chaff.

   Spreu, Kaff, Spelze

   мяки́наmjakína, пле́велplével, се́чкаséčka

   поло́ваpolóva

2. (uncountable, usually)Straw or hay cut up fine for the food of cattle.

   сі́чкаsíčka

3. (figuratively, uncountable, usually)Any excess or unwanted material, resource, or person; anything worthless.

   отбро́сыotbrósy

4. (uncountable, usually)Light jesting talk; banter; raillery.

5. (uncountable, usually)Loose material, e.g. small strips of aluminum foil dropped from aircraft, intended to interfere with radar detection.

   Düppel

   foil in thin strips; ejected into the air as a radar countermeasure

1. Old birds are not caught with chaff.

   ruСтреляного воробья на мякине не проведёшь. — naXa

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2. You really are the chaff of humanity.

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3. Let's separate the wheat from the chaff.

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4. He separated the wheat from the chaff.

   deEr hat die Spreu vom Weizen getrennt. — Esperantostern

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5. I'm separating the wheat from the chaff.

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