Смысл: ditch

ditch1. [dıtʃ] n
<Í> 1. 1) ров, канава, кювет
drainage ditch - дренажная канава
open ditch - водяной ров
anti-tank ditch - противотанковый ров
2) канал; арык
3) траншея, окоп
2. котлован; выемка
3. диал. дамба, насыпь
♢ the Ditch - а) Атлантический океан; б) Ла-Манш; в) Северное море
to die in a ditch - умереть под забором, умереть в нищете
to die in the last ditch - биться до последнего /до конца, до последней капли крови/
to be driven to the last ditch - а) быть доведённым до крайности; б) быть припёртым к стенке

2. [dıtʃ] v
<Í> 1. окапывать рвом, канавой (тж. ditch about, ditch around)
2. отрывать канаву, ров, траншею
3. осушать почву с помощью дренажных рвов
to ditch a swamp - осушать заболоченную местность
4. 1) чистить ров, канаву
2) укреплять ров, канаву
5. 1) сбрасывать в ров
2) пускать под откос
6. 1) сл. угробить, разбить (самолёт и т. п.)
to ditch a motor car - разбить /угробить/ машину
2) ав. проф. сделать вынужденную посадку на воду
7. разг. бросать, оставлять (кого-л.); отделываться (от кого-л., чего-л.)
he's ditched his girlfriend - он бросил свою девушку
I ditched that old hat of yours - я выбросила твою старую шляпу
8. сл. припрятывать
to ditch stolen goods - припрятать наворованное добро

ox in the ditch Идиома

ditch class

skip class/play hookey.

ditch him

leave him, lose him, give him the slip I tried to ditch him at the mall but he held on to my hand.

last-ditch

last try, desperate attempt, last resort In a last-ditch attempt to save the marriage, he bought her a BMW.

ditch

1. cannabis
2. to abandon or discard; crash

ditch weed

marijuana of inferior quality, marijuana growing naturally in the wild

ditchweed

cannabis

last-ditch effort

Idiom(s): last-ditch effort

Theme: EFFORT

a final effort; the last possible attempt.
• I made one last-ditch effort to get her to stay.
• It was a last-ditch effort. I didn't expect it to work.

dull as ditchwater

Idiom(s): (as) dull as dishwater AND (as) dull as ditchwater

Theme: BOREDOM

very uninteresting.
• I'm not surprised that he can't find a partner. He's as dull as dishwater.
• Mr. Black's speech was as dull as ditchwater.

Across the ditch

(NZ) This idiom means on the other side of the Tasman Sea, used to refer to Australia or New Zealand depending on the speaker's location.

last ditch(1)|ditch|last|last ditch

n. The last place that can be defended; the last resort. They will fight reform to the last ditch.

ox-in-the-ditch

Of or apropos to a bearings that is acute and requires burning and absorbed absorption to boldness it. Taken from the Bible (Luke 14), in which Jesus demonstrates to the Pharisees that some emergencies charge be dealt with immediately, alike if it agency breaking the Sabbath to do so. I was activity to absence the better affair of the year, but my daughter's affection was an ox-in-the-ditch situation.

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