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Davy Jones's locker
the bottom of the sea, especially when it is a grave. They were going to sail around the world, but ended up in Davy Jones's locker. Most of the gold from that trading ship is in Davy Jones's locker.

send someone to the showers and send someone to the locker room

Fig. to order a player from the playing field, thus ending the player's participation for the day. The coach had sent four players to the showers before the end of the game. He was angry enough to send them all to the locker room.
See also: send, shower

Davy Jones's locker  (humorous)
the bottom of the sea No one knows how many wrecked ships there are in Davy Jones's locker.

locker-room

locker-room jokes or remarks are the type of rude, sexual jokes and remarks that men are thought to enjoy when they are with other men
Usage notes: A locker room is a place where people change their clothes before and after playing sport.
(always before noun) There's the usual locker-room banter which I try to stay out of.

send somebody to the showers  (American)

to stop someone, especially someone on a sports team, from playing or working because they are behaving badly or their work is not good enough A fight broke out and both players were sent to the showers.
See also: send, shower


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