British, American & Australian, British & Australian

to choose the people or things of high quality from a group of mixed quality.

I'll look through the application forms and separate the sheep from the goats.

• hinge on
• hinge on something
• history in the making
• hit a brick wall
• hit a home run
• hit and miss
• hit a nerve
• hit a raw nerve
• hit a snag
• hit a wall
• hit back
• hit below the belt
• hit between the eyes
• hitch wagon to
• hitch wagon to someone
• hitch wagon to something
• hitch your wagon to
• hitch your wagon to someone
• hitch your wagon to something
• hit hard
• hit home
• hit it off
• hit it off with
• hit it off with someone
• hit like a ton of bricks