English Explanatory Dictionary

chew the meat and spit out the bones

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To take in a great deal of information and selectively disregard some of it as invalid or inapplicable.

Pronunciation

en-au-chew the meat and spit out the bones.ogg

Word forms

chew the meat and spit out the bones chews the meat and spits out the bones chewing the meat and spitting out the bones chewed the meat and spat out the bones chewed the meat and spit out the bones

Related words

separate the wheat from the chaff
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