digging ditches

collocation in English

meaningsofdigandditch

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dig
noun[C]
uk
/dɪɡ/us
/dɪɡ/
a remark that is intended to criticize, embarrass, or make a joke ...
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ditch
noun[C]
uk
/dɪtʃ/us
/dɪtʃ/
a long, narrow open hole that is dug into the ground, usually at the side of a road or field, used especially for supplying or removing water or for ...
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(Definition ofdigandditchfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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They spend most of their time in the fields digging ditches and cutting hedges.
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Just digging ditches and filling them in is not the answer to anyone's problems.
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Prior to conversion they had a custom of erecting megaliths and digging ditches in honour of notable individuals.
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Writing humor, however, is harder than digging ditches.
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In 1590, he preferred digging ditches beyond the city outskirts to once again modernising the wall.
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While she would have preferred the more lucrative work of digging ditches, she was forced to pick up the dreaded needle, and become a seamstress.
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The other is digging ditches.
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Gabriel found digging ditches more congenial than dishwashing.
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