【原】bits and pieces，和 at sixes and sevens，意思类似

还记得习语 at sixes and sevens 的寓意吗？它比喻“杂乱无章的”，今天又多了一个类似意思的习语 bits and pieces，bit 和 piece 作名词时，都有“小块”的意思，所以 bits and pieces 可以意为”七零八碎的东西，零碎的东西“，寓意：

miscellaneous small objects

各种小物件

mixed tiny pieces

混合的小块

small objects of jobs of many different types

许多不同类型的小物件

a variety of tiny articles or piece

各种各样的小东西

例如：

After the accident, there were bits and pieces of the wreckage spreading all over the road.

事故发生后，零碎的残骸散落在路上。

解析：现在分词 spreading all over the road 作定语，表示名词 wreckage 的状态，相当于一个定语从句：

There were bits and pieces of the wreckage which is spreading all over the road.

There are lots of bits and pieces; I don’t understand how to select what I need?

有很多零碎的东西，我不知道如何选择我需要的东西？

解析：lots of 意为“许多”，表示量很大，但是没必要指明量的多少，后面跟可数名词和不可数名词，谓语的单复数根据后面接的名词来变化。

I have seen the feed of pigeons, there were bits and pieces of seeds.

我见过鸽子的饲料，里面有零碎的种子。

I have opened my old iPhone to peep into; there were bits and pieces in that.

我打开我的旧iPhone偷看，里面有零碎的东西。

It looks like bits and pieces drawn on paper when my close friend writes, his handwriting is very poor and letters are hardly visible.

我的好朋友写字的时候，看起来像是在纸上画的碎片，他的笔迹很差，字母几乎不可见。

解析：过去分词短语 drawn on paper 作定语，置于名词后面，其逻辑主语是 bits and pieces，相当于一个定语从句 that is drawn on paper，但过去分词短语较简洁，常用于书面语。

细节决定成败，良好的文件和零碎东西的整理能力很容易让工作生活左右逢源，达到事半功倍的效果。