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Davy Jones's locker
[ john-ziz, johnz ]
noun
- the ocean's bottom, especially when regarded as the grave of all who perish at sea.
Davy Jones's Locker
- Sailors' slang for the bottom of the ocean. Someone drowned at sea may be said to have 鈥済one down to Davy Jones's Locker.鈥
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of Davy Jones's locker1
Idioms and Phrases
Also, Davy's locker . The bottom of the sea, especially the grave of those who die at sea. For example, Caught out at sea during the hurricane, they thought they were heading for Davy Jones's locker . This term, first recorded in 1726, alludes to Davy Jones , a name given to the evil spirit of the sea. The ultimate origin of both Davy and Jones is disputed. A logical theory is that Jones referred to the biblical Jonah who was swallowed by a whale, and Davy was a corruption of a West Indian word for 鈥渄evil.鈥Example Sentences
鈥淲here are they going? Davy Jones鈥檚 locker,鈥 he said.
Mr Sherborne said on Thursday it was a "shame" that messages where "lying at the bottom of the sea in Davy Jones's locker".
If the Robbie project takes off, it is easy to see Disney quietly putting any other plans back in Davy Jones鈥檚 locker to focus on what works.
What you see here is a Brazilian maniac dropping into the tsunami-manifestation of Davy Jones's locker, and somehow living not only tell the tale, but also accept to an award for it.
They鈥檇 taken refuge in the crow鈥檚 nest, and she and Will and Roger used to take turns going up there to see them, only one day Roger lost his footing and plunged down into Davy Jones鈥檚 locker.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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