KYOSUKE: Podle toho, co oznacuje, pokud oznacuje lod, pak je to na pomezi, pokud oznacuje kapitana, pak je to jasny idiom. Cili jsem s tebou souhlasil, jen jsem vysvetloval, ze nejde o slovni spojeni, ktere lze ve slovniku uvest jako priklad pouziti jedne z jeho casti, ale o idiom a ten by tak, jak jsi rikal, pouzivan byt nemel.
Jinak je to od Dutch-man, coz je obecne oznaceni typu lodi (predchazejici diskutovanemu terminu).
Touzite-li po OED, zde je vypis 3. podvyznamu hesla Dutchman:
3. A Dutch ship.
Flying Dutchman: a. A legendary spectral ship supposed to be seen in the region of the Cape of Good Hope; also, the captain of this ship, said to have been condemned to sail the seas for ever. b. Applied to a particular express train on the Great Western Railway running between London and Bristol.
1657 R. LIGON Barbadoes (1673) 19 There was a Dutch man that lay there but three dayes, and in that little stay lost two Anchors. 1676 DRYDEN Aurengz. Ded., They..give it no more Quarter, than a Dutch-Man would to an English Vessel in the Indies. 1813 SCOTT Rokeby II. xi. note, A fantastic vessel, called by sailors the Flying Dutchman. 1839 MARRYAT Phant. Ship ix, I fear no Flying Dutchman. 1870 BRADWOOD The O.V.H. 25 The Flying Dutchman from Paddington.