go to Davy Jones's locker

go to Davy Jones's locker

To die at sea. Tragically, many men from that battle in the Pacific Ocean went to Davy Jones's locker. All of the men in the platoon fought valiantly, but most of them went to Davy Jones's locker as their final resting place. We were all afraid we'd go to Davy Jones's locker when our boat was caught in that huge storm.

See also: Davy, go, locker, to

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go to Davy Jones's locker

be drowned at sea.

Davy Jones is identified in Tobias Smollett's Peregrine Pickle ( 1751 ) as ‘the fiend that presides over all the evil spirits of the deep’, but the origin of the name is uncertain.

See also: Davy, go, locker, to

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