Usually means: Distinguish between good and bad.
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  1. separate the sheep from the goats: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. separate the sheep from the goats: Merriam-Webster
  3. separate the sheep from the goats: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. separate the sheep from the goats: Collins English Dictionary
  5. separate the sheep from the goats: Wiktionary
  6. separate the sheep from the goats: Dictionary.com

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. separate the sheep from the goats: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. separate the sheep from the goats: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (separate the sheep from the goats)

verb:  To divide the members of a group into those that are superior and those that are inferior.

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