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Separate The Sheep From The Goats : Seeing is Believing. : This idiom means that people can only really believe what they experience personally. Seen Better Days : If someone or something has seen better days, he/she/it has aged badly and visibly compared to when it was new. Sell Down The River : If you sell someone down the river, you betray their trust. Sell Like Hot Cakes : If something is selling like hot cakes, it is very popular and selling very well. Sell Your Birthright for A Mess of Pottage : If a person sells his birthright for a mess of pottage, he/she accepts some trivial financial or other gain, but loses something much more important. SELL YOU SOUL FOR A MESS OF POTTAGE is an alternative form. Sell You Soul : If someone sells their soul, they betray the most precious beliefs. Send Someone Packing : If you send someone packing, you send them away normally when they want something from you. Send Someone To Coventry : If you send someone to Coventry, you refuse to talk to them or cooperate with them. Separate The Sheep From The Goats : If you separate the sheep from the goats, you sort out the good from the bad. 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. Serve Time : When someone is serving time, they are in prison. Serve Your Country : When someone is serving their country, they have enrolled in the military. Separate The Sheep From The Goats to HOME PAGE |
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