a dog of crockery and a fowl of earthen ware—a thing that is of no use but only kept for show; odds and ends ? 他自稱是文物收藏家，但多年收集的不過是一些～而已。He called himself a collector of historical relics but what he had collected for years were merely odds and ends.
陶犬瓦雞tao quan wa ji
rubbish
陶犬瓦雞táo quǎn wǎ jī
指陶土燒制的狗，泥土做成的雞。比喻沒有價(jià)值的東西，徒有其表而沒有用處。useless things, no practical value