东一榔头，西一棒槌

东一榔头，西一棒槌

Literally means:

on the east, hammer on the west

Actually means:

do things randomly; write or talk incoherently

榔头 (hammer) and 棒槌 (wooden club) are both tools for beating.

This phrase figuratively means that one does not have an overall point of view and has to cope with things as they come. It also means having no plan and doing things randomly. It is sometimes used to indicate that one's speech or article lacks a main thread and is messy.

榔头和棒槌都是敲击用的工具。

比喻做事缺乏全局观点，只能碰到什么事情才处理什么事情，或没有全面的计划，想到什么就干什么。也比喻说话或写文章缺乏中心思想，思路不清楚，东拉西扯。