It was a maxim of Captain Swosser-- speaking in his naval figurative manner, that "If you only have a plank to swab, you should swab it as if Davy Jones were after you."
Swosser kapitány életelve volt... ő tengerész fordulataival szólva, hogy "ha csak a padlót moshatod, "mosd úgy, mintha az ördög kergetne."