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歪瓜劣枣 is a common variant of the standard form 歪瓜裂枣 ("misshapen melons and split dates"); 劣 ("inferior") and 裂 ("split") are interchanged in everyday writing. Both spellings carry the same meaning.
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Colloquial and very vivid. Often used self-deprecatingly ("I’m just a 歪瓜劣枣") or to describe the leftover / inferior items in a batch.
