The phrase "as the ditch" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It may be used in a specific context, but without additional information, it is unclear how it fits into a sentence.
Example: "He fell into the water, just as the ditch had been filled with rain."
Alternatives: "like the ditch" or "similar to the ditch".
The rest of that summer I was known as "the ditch boy".
FOR years, the beachy Montauk vibe made fellows of all locals, rich and poor, said Lili Adams, better known as the Ditch Witch, the name of the snack cart she has run for 14 years at the beach.
These two albums became part of what was eventually known as the Ditch trilogy, in which Young eschewed the middle-of-the-road success of Harvest for a rough ride through the margins of his own tortured psyche.
Dr. Peter Jablonka, a Tübingen archaeologist in charge of the lower-city excavations, said the remains of the extended city reached as far out as the ditch, making the city at least 10 times as large as its previously estimated area.
This is known in the trade as "the ditch".
Monumental defences such as the ditch at Maiden Castle indicate that the land was disputed and communities fought each other for control.
With the new fences, as with the ditch in Bethlehem at least five feet wide and deep topped with a pyramid of barbed wire, Israelis said they were "wrapping Jerusalem".
The highway we were on was a single lane, but people were driving in the other lane to get ahead, as well as in the ditch.
But according to a recent analysis by Oakland's Pacific Institute and a group of public health and air-quality advocates known as the Ditching Dirty Diesel Collaborative, California's efforts to build sustainable communities as mandated by the state law could unintentionally threaten the health of Bay Area residents.
In Pittsburgh, folks turned to a couple of television interviews by Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, in which he painted himself as remorseful about the ditch into which he drove his reputation.
They might as well throw you into the ditch, too, at the end.
