DAVY JONES’S LOCKER


Meaning of DAVY JONES’S LOCKER in English

( infml often humor )

the bottom of the sea, as the place where people who have died at sea lie dead. The origin of the expression is not known:

The crew ended up in Davy Jones’s locker.

Oxford guide to British and American culture English vocabulary.      Руководство по британской и американской культуре, Оксфордский английский словарь.