separate the men from the boys

[separate the men from the boys] {v. phr.}, {informal} To show who has strength, courage and loyalty and find who do not.

* /When the ship hit an iceberg and sank, it separated the men from the boys./

* /The mile run separates the men from the boys./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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