The phrase "chaff of" can be used in written English.
It is typically used to describe something that is insignificant or of little value, similar to the expression "the chaff of the wheat." Example: After sifting through all the evidence, the detective was able to separate the chaff of the suspect's alibi from the grain of truth.
"It showed me the poetry that was inherent in the chaff of the street," he told Wagner.
He sounded like a man who'd been stung by a taunt, showing that he could take it and come back with some chaff of his own.
He clambered over the bales, scratching his bare arms and filling his eyes and ears and nose with the dusty chaff of old hay.
But those delicacies of knowledge are so rare, the tribulations of their collection so great, that it has proved almost impossible to separate the wheat of anthropology from the chaff of adventure: "insipid details, incidents of no significance".
The Atkins dieters' loss has truly been our gain; hopefully, the wheat of diabetic awareness will not be swept away with the chaff of another diet fad that has ceased to satisfy corporate appetites.
The cracked, fuzzy, sad-sack aphorisms that dot this novel's pages represent not the kernels of a man's wisdom, but rather the chaff of his personality: "Misery may not love company.
Shortly after that first Allied experiment in dropping chaff out of its bombers, the German military learned that it could increase the power to its radar systems and see the planes through the distraction of foil strips.
Shortly after that first Allied experiment in dropping chaff out of its bombers, the German military learned that it could increase the power to its radar systems and see the planes through the distraction of foil strips.
Though there's a lot of chaff on the site, there are also some very solid stories, many of which are available for free.
"The rallying and chaffing of the others when one player finds himself an inmate of the jail, and the expressions of mock sympathy and condolence when one is obliged to betake himself to the poor house, make a large part of the fun and merriment of the game," Lizzie said.
My universe was reduced to beach, streams and the whirring and chaffing of my wheels as the sand clogged the mudguards, and I was relieved that there were some tyre tracks to follow (Nicola had had some royal duty to perform in Barrow earlier that morning).
