食ㄕˊ之ㄓshízhī無ㄨˊ味ㄨㄟˋwúwèi，棄ㄑㄧˋ之ㄓqìzhī可ㄎㄜˇ惜ㄒㄧˊkěxí

简食之无味，弃之可惜
shízhī wúwèi, qìzhī kěxīㄕˊ ㄓ　ㄨˊ ㄨㄟˋ，ㄑㄧˋ ㄓ　ㄎㄜˇ ㄒㄧ

  1. 吃起來沒有滋味，把它扔了又覺得可惜。形容東西無大用處，但又捨不得拋棄。例 「當初收集這些舊電影海報時興致勃勃，現在已興致缺缺，但食之無味，棄之可惜，就留著當作紀念吧！」。

英lit. to be hardly worth eating, but it would still be a pity to discard it (idiom)​, fig. some things have little to no value, yet one is still reluctant to part with them