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 ❍ 他自称是文物收藏家，但多年收集的不过是一些～而已。He called himself a collector of historical relics but what he had collected for years were merely odds and ends.
陶犬瓦鸡tao quan wa ji
rubbish
陶犬瓦鸡táo quǎn wǎ jī
指陶土烧制的狗，泥土做成的鸡。比喻没有价值的东西，徒有其表而没有用处。useless things, no practical value