The phrase "a dig in my side" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a physical sensation of pain or discomfort, often metaphorically to indicate annoyance or irritation.
Example: "Every time he brings up that topic, it's like a dig in my side that I can't ignore."
Alternatives: "a thorn in my side" or "a pain in my side."
These types of questions dug into me like splinters in my sides as I navigated through my own "Saturn returns" period in my late twenties.
According to the International Crisis Group, a think-tank, Eritrea has 4,000 troops inside a supposedly demilitarised buffer zone and a further 120,000 dug in along its side of the craggy border that is 1,000km (621 miles) long.
When the Living Room opened in its new digs on my side of the river, I knew it was time.
Kotzer estimated that a frontal assault against the Egyptians would be useless, as they were dug in on both sides of the pillbox.
There are, of course, people dug in on both sides of the issue, some favoring an unstinting attack, others believing it is best to do nothing at all.
"On important stuff, where the interests are really dug in on both sides, it's extremely difficult to get anything done," Thompson said at the time.
Thousands of troops dug in on both sides.Fast-forward to today, and the PAD is back on the streets, again crying treachery by perfidious Cambodia and treason on the part of a weak-willed Thai leadership.
"As they kept coming together in greater numbers into one place, they began… to construct shelters" dug in on the sides of mountains, roofed with boughs, or made of twigs and mud like bird nests.
Barath arrived in England with a reputation as a shot-maker but he was content to dig in as his side took lunch on 83-2, only for Anderson to send him packing for 42 after the restart with a sharp parry and catch at gully off Broad.
The Americans were soon well dug in on the east side of the river, but they had few troops and negligible entrenchments on the west, where the British decided to take advantage.
