Ditchwater

I happen to prefer champagne to ditchwater, but there is no reason to suppose that the cosmos does.

The company, therefore, took their places, and addressed themselves to the serious business of the feast, but were soon disturbed by the hypochondriac, who thrust back his chair, complaining that a dish of stewed toads and vipers was set before him, and that there was green ditchwater in his cup of wine.