The most unpopular watch at sea (at night) became known as the gravy-eyed shift. People whose eyes were sore or runny through illness or lack of sleep were described as gravy-eyed, especially those working at sea. The newly re-opened Bachman textile mill puts the grave in graveyard shift when mysterious employee deaths begin to stack up, so a hastily formed cleanup. The 1811 Grose dictionary has the following definition for gravy-eyed: “bleary-eyed, one whose eyes have a running humour”. At one time, the word gravy may have applied to any thick liquid. The origin of the expression appears to have nothing to do with graveyards, however.
Its a way to bring creative projects to life. The expression exists in industry too and is normally taken to mean the least popular shift of the day, normally the one that involves working through the night or at other antisocial hours. Pledges of £15 and over mean you will be thanked in the closing credits, as well as receiving exclusive Graveyard Shift digital stickers Estimated delivery Sep 2022. Speakers at conferences and teachers are often heard to describe the afternoon session immediately after lunch as the graveyard shift, meaning the most difficult session of the day (in this case because the members of the audience or class have just had lunch and are feeling increasingly tired as the blood rushes from their heads to their stomachs to digest the food). Sustainable Development and Global Citizenship.