separate fact from fiction
separate fact from fiction
To distinguish between truth and untruth. There's so much misinformation out there that we really need to stop, take a breath, and separate fact from fiction. The ubiquity and influence of social media has made separating fact from fiction much harder these days.
See also: fact, fiction, separate
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- a polite fiction
- fiction
- have (someone) going
- have going
- lie to (one)
- take one's breath away, to
- separate the men from the boys
- separate the men from the boys, to
- sort out the men from the boys
- sort out/separate the men from the boys