Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Russian term or phrase:
мухи – отдельно, котлеты – отдельно
English translation:
the wheat must be sorted from the chaff
Added to glossary by
Michael Moskowitz
Mar 20, 2010 14:27
14 yrs ago
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Russian term
Translating since 1984.
Native in: English 
, Russian
Works in: Russian to English, English to Russian, Ukrainian to English, and 1 more.
мухи – отдельно, котлеты – отдельно
Russian to English
Art/Literary
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
Politics
Но, как говорится, мухи – отдельно, котлеты – отдельно.
Из статьи о коррупции в Казахстане
Из статьи о коррупции в Казахстане
Proposed translations
1 hr
Andriy Yasharov
Ukraine
Ukraine
Native in Russian
Works in field
Ukraine
Life Sciences Translator and Editor
Native in: Russian (Variant: Standard-Russia) 
, Ukrainian (Variant: Standard-Ukraine)
Works in: English to Russian, English to Ukrainian, Russian to English, and 4 more.
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the wheat must be sorted from the chaff
Перефразирование известного библейского изречения.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "In context, this fits better"
+5
5 mins
Daniel Frisano
Italy
Italy
Italy
100% human translation, always
Native in: Italian
Works in: English to Italian, French to Italian, German to Italian, and 14 more.
(let's) separate apples from oranges
a suggestion
http://www.multitran.ru/c/m.exe?a=4&MessNum=7811&page=2&l1=1...
(about 3/4 down the page - a bit more)
http://www.multitran.ru/c/m.exe?a=4&MessNum=7811&page=2&l1=1...
(about 3/4 down the page - a bit more)
Peer comment(s):
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Marina Khonina
: or "let's not mix". This is also what Palazhchenko recommends in his dictionary.
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Natalia Potashnik
: let's not mix apples and oranges
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Yulia Borodulina
3 hrs
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Oleksiy Markunin
5 hrs
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Elina Rokhkind
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+1
32 mins
Alexander Onishko
Native in Russian
Veni Vidi Vici
Native in: Russian , Ukrainian
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21
A good restaurant serves flies separately from cutlets
:)
6 hrs
Alexandra Taggart
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Native in Russian
&
English
Russian Federation
proficient translation
Native in: English , Russian
Works in: Russian to English, English to Russian, English
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24
to distinguish ca-ca from catlett
to distinguish shit and edibles into different categories,as they look similar. I think the author makes a mistake, flies equally like both.
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