Brewer's: Old Man of the Sea

In the story of Sinbad the Sailor, the Old Man of the Sea, hoisted on the shoulders of Sinbad, clung there and refused to dismount. Sinbad released himself from his burden by making the Old Man drunk. (Arabian Nights.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894

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