ALL meanings of old-man-the-sea
old-man-the-sea
O o - noun old-man-the-sea (in The Arabian Nights' Entertainments) an old man who clung to the shoulders of Sindbad the Sailor for many days and nights. 1
- noun old-man-the-sea a burden, annoyance, care, or the like, from which it is extremely difficult to free oneself. 1