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Davy Jones' Locker


 

Davy Jones' Locker is an idiom for the bottom of the sea — the resting place of drowned seamen.

Variations

  • Davy Jones is sailor slang for the evil spirits of the ocean.
  • Davy's Locker or Davy Jones' Locker is the deep ocean's bottom.
  • To be sent to Davy's Locker is to perish at sea.
  • To send someone to Davy Jones is to kill them.
  • To see you to Davy Jones is a threat to kill someone.
  • To be in Davy's Grip mean to be close to death or frightened.
  • To have the Davies or the Joneseys means to be frightened
  • To awaken Davy or awaken Davy Jones is to cause a storm