flotsam and jetsam

English

Noun

flotsam and jetsam (uncountable)

(nautical) The remains of a shipwreck still floating in the water.
(nautical) That which has been discharged from a ship or boat, especially on the ocean or a sea, (flotsam unintentionally and jetsam intentionally).
(figuratively) A collection of miscellaneous items or fragments of little importance.
(figuratively) People considered to be of little worth.
The flotsam and jetsam of society were at the night club.

Synonyms

(random assortment): bits and bobs, bits and pieces, dribs and drabs, odds and ends, odds and sods, bric-a-brac
(items or persons of little worth): dregs

Translations

things discharged from ships

Chinese:
Mandarin: 海难碎片 (hǎinàn suìpiàn), 搁浅的垃圾
German: Treibgut und Strandgut n

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