Davy Jones' Locker
Davy Jones ' Locker ( German Davy Jones ' chest / cabinet ) is an English idiom for the bottom of the ocean as the final resting place of drowned sailors - the " sailor grave " or " watery grave ". The term is used as a euphemism for death on the high seas, for example, in the expression to be sent to Davy Jones ' Locker - in Davy Jones ' box will be sent '.
Davy Jones is used by sailors as a nickname to call the devil of the sea. If, for example, in a job, the competition reaches the goal faster, so a foreign power or a pact with the devil is suspected.
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