a little here,a little there; bits and pieces; fragments; a hotchpotch; a jumble; odds and ends; scrapes of this and that
? 那位自封的收藏家，只不過保存了一些～的東西。The self styled collector only keeps some odds and ends-a jumble.
東鱗西爪dōnɡ lín xī zhǎo
原指畫龍時，只在東邊畫一片龍鱗，在西邊畫一只龍爪，而龍體被云遮住，以至看不到龍的全身。比喻看問題不全面。bits and pieces, odds and ends, scraps of this and there, a little here, a little there; fragments, a jumble, dribes and drabs