scrape together 东拼西凑

“东拼西凑”，汉语成语，比喻零乱地加以拼凑，与“七拼八凑”意思相同。可以翻译为“scrape together，patch up或pinch and scrape”等。

例句：

东拼西凑的报告

Patched-up report

东拼西凑好不容易搞来几个钱。

It was not without difficulty that we scraped together a small sum of money.