[Idiom] "To haunt a ship", what does it mean?

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sadlui

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Which word don't you understand? Is there some context to this phrase?
 

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Please check the accuracy of the information in your profile, sadlui.
 

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Which word don't you understand? Is there some context to this phrase?
Sylvester Stallone said about Rocky musical: "If I would sing I would like haunt a ship .. or two ships" From my understanding of all words "haunt a ship" sounds like visiting a ship as a ghost? Doesn't make any sense and doesn't sound like a joke, which it was, unless it's some kind of idiom?
 

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It doesn't make sense to me. Yes, I would understand it as a ghost as well. It's not an idiom and I am not sure what he meant (other than that his singing is bad.)
 

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And when you have time, sadlui, please amend your profile, as you have already been asked to do.

It's hard to believe a native Albanian was brought up to speak Basque.
 

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It is what he said, and I agree he meant that his singing is bad enough to scare people.
 
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