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chew the meat and spit out the bones
Verb
idiomatic
Japanese Meaning
大量の情報を取り入れ、その中から不要な部分を意図的に除外する / 情報の中から有用な部分だけを選び、残りを無視する
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(idiomatic) To take in a great deal of information and selectively disregard some of it as invalid or inapplicable.
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chew the meat and spit out the bones
During the literature review, she learned to chew the meat and spit out the bones, focusing only on the evidence that supported her hypothesis.
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During the literature review, she learned to chew the meat and spit out the bones, focusing only on the evidence that supported her hypothesis.
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