海うみの藻も屑くずとなる

expression, godan verb (-ru)

drown at sea; perish in the ocean

Literary or dramatic expression for dying by drowning in the sea, often with a nuance of becoming nothing more than sea debris.

• 船ふねが沈しずみ、乗のり組くみ員いんは皆みな、海うみの藻も屑くずとなった。

  The ship sank, and all the crew members drowned at sea.

• 彼かれは嵐あらしの中なかで海うみの藻も屑くずとなる運うん命めいにあった。

  He was fated to perish in the ocean during the storm.