Flying Dutchman

Flying Dutchman

A name that can apply either to a legendary ship, whose ghostly wreckage is said to be sometimes seen in times of bad weather near the Cape of Good Hope, or to the captain of this ship, who must sail until Judgment Day. I swear, I saw the Flying Dutchman during that last storm. Every time I take out my boat, I'm reminded of the Flying Dutchman, and how he is doomed to sail the seas until kingdom come.
See also: Dutchman, flying
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • Dutchman
  • applied
  • apply for
  • apply for (something)
  • apply oneself to
  • apply to
  • apply
  • apply (oneself) to (something)
  • haunt
  • come back to haunt (one)
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