双语常用典故： separate the sheep from the goats 区别好坏，分清良莠 新约。

马太福音　记述：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 圣经　的影响，sheep 和 goat 在英语中的形象截然不同，前者比喻好人，后者比喻坏人。

英语中有关 goat 的成语，大多贬义。

如：to play the goat=play the fool（瞎胡闹）；to get sb's goat（触动肝火） ；等等。

圣经　说牧羊人要分辨绵羊和山羊，把绵羊安置右边，山羊左边”。

据说野山羊常混进羊群里，引诱绵羊，故牧养人必须把它们区分开来，以免混淆。

由此，人们用 to separate the sheep from the goats 这个成语，来比喻 to separate the good from the wicked; to divide good or useful people from bad or uselessEg: We'll go through the list of members, and separate the sheep from the goats Have faith in me, please.

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