眉毛胡子一把抓

1. • careless
2. • any-old-how, regardless of the specific task

Character by character

• 眉(méi)eyebrow
• 毛(mao)surname Mao
• 胡(hú)surname Hu
• 子(zi)noun suffix, as in 椅子 yǐzi "chair"
• 一(yī)one
• 把(bǎ)marks the object before the verb
• 抓(zhuā)grab