"the captain goes down with the ship" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From the maritime tradition that a sea captain holds ultimate responsibility for both their ship and everyone embarked on it, and in an emergency will either save those on board or die trying.",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "proverb",
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        "A leader is ultimately responsible for the penalities of a catastrophe, even if they result from external causes or the misactions of others under the leader's purview."
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          "leader",
          "leader"
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        [
          "ultimately",
          "ultimately"
        ],
        [
          "responsible",
          "responsible"
        ],
        [
          "penalities",
          "penalty"
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        [
          "catastrophe",
          "catastrophe"
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        [
          "result",
          "result"
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          "external",
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          "cause",
          "cause"
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        [
          "misaction",
          "misaction"
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          "purview",
          "purview"
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      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "the buck stops here"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "a leader is ultimately responsible for the penalties of a catastrophe",
          "word": "le capitaine sombre avec son navire"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "a leader is ultimately responsible for the penalties of a catastrophe",
          "word": "der Kapitän geht als Letzter von Bord"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "a leader is ultimately responsible for the penalties of a catastrophe",
          "word": "il comandante affonda con la nave"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "kapitan pokidajet korablʹ poslednim",
          "sense": "a leader is ultimately responsible for the penalties of a catastrophe",
          "word": "капитан покидает корабль последним"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "a leader is ultimately responsible for the penalties of a catastrophe",
          "word": "el capitán se hunde con su barco"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "the captain goes down with the ship"
}

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  "etymology_text": "From the maritime tradition that a sea captain holds ultimate responsibility for both their ship and everyone embarked on it, and in an emergency will either save those on board or die trying.",
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      ],
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          "responsible",
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          "external",
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          "cause",
          "cause"
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          "misaction",
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          "purview",
          "purview"
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      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "the buck stops here"
        }
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  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a leader is ultimately responsible for the penalties of a catastrophe",
      "word": "le capitaine sombre avec son navire"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a leader is ultimately responsible for the penalties of a catastrophe",
      "word": "der Kapitän geht als Letzter von Bord"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a leader is ultimately responsible for the penalties of a catastrophe",
      "word": "il comandante affonda con la nave"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kapitan pokidajet korablʹ poslednim",
      "sense": "a leader is ultimately responsible for the penalties of a catastrophe",
      "word": "капитан покидает корабль последним"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a leader is ultimately responsible for the penalties of a catastrophe",
      "word": "el capitán se hunde con su barco"
    }
  ],
  "word": "the captain goes down with the ship"
}