Adages for telling the essential from the trivial

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What are some of the idioms, adages, expressions or slangs for saying someone being incapable of distinguishing the essential from the trivial?
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batconjurer · Accepted Answer

Possibly the following (which apparently comes from the Bible):

They can't separate the wheat from the chaff

I also thought about the saying "Can't see the forest for the trees", but that is a bit different. In that case it is more about focusing to much on details to see the full picture, not about getting to the heart of the matter.

Adages for telling the essential from the trivial

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