瓦が石せき

noun

worthless thing; garbage

Figurative use: something as worthless as a broken tile or a common stone. Often used in self-deprecating or dismissive contexts.

• 彼かれは自じ分ぶんの作さく品ひんを瓦が石せきのように言いうが、実じつは素す晴ばらしい。

  He speaks of his own work as if it were worthless, but it is actually wonderful.

noun

brick

Rare, possibly archaic or dialectal use for 'brick'. Modern Japanese normally uses 煉瓦 (れんが).

• 古ふるい文ぶん献けんでは、瓦が石せきが煉れん瓦がを指さすことがある。

  In old documents, 瓦石 can refer to bricks.