separate the men from the boys

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: to show which people are really strong, brave, etc., and which are not

Now that the competition gets tough it will separate the men from the boys.

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But in the end, headlights separate the men from the boys. —

Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 22 Apr. 2021

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