希腊神话故事英语词源

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 useless

eg:We'll go through the list of members,and separate the sheep from the goats

Have faith in me,please.I can separate the sheep from the goats。

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