"the show must go on" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "Originated in the 19th-century circus industry.",
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        "head": "the show must go on"
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  "lang_code": "en",
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          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Theater",
          "orig": "en:Theater",
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      "glosses": [
        "Regardless of what happens, whatever show has been planned still has to be staged for the waiting patrons."
      ],
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        [
          "theater",
          "theater"
        ],
        [
          "stage",
          "stage"
        ],
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          "patron",
          "patron"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literally, theater) Regardless of what happens, whatever show has been planned still has to be staged for the waiting patrons."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literally"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "theater"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "glosses": [
        "One must finish what one has started; things must continue no matter what."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "finish",
          "finish"
        ],
        [
          "start",
          "start"
        ],
        [
          "continue",
          "continue"
        ],
        [
          "no matter what",
          "no matter what"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) One must finish what one has started; things must continue no matter what."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "_dis1": "24 76",
          "word": "business as usual"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "6 94",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "One must finish what one has started.",
          "word": "la spektaklo devas daŭri"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 94",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "One must finish what one has started.",
          "word": "le spectacle doit continuer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 94",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "One must finish what one has started.",
          "word": "przedstawienie musi trwać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 94",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "One must finish what one has started.",
          "word": "o espetáculo deve continuar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 94",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "šou dolžno prodolžatʹsja",
          "sense": "One must finish what one has started.",
          "word": "шоу должно продолжаться"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 94",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "One must finish what one has started.",
          "word": "la función debe continuar"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
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  "wikipedia": [
    "the show must go on"
  ],
  "word": "the show must go on"
}

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    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English phrases",
    "English terms with audio links"
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  "etymology_text": "Originated in the 19th-century circus industry.",
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        "head": "the show must go on"
      },
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  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "business as usual"
    }
  ],
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        "en:Theater"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Regardless of what happens, whatever show has been planned still has to be staged for the waiting patrons."
      ],
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        [
          "theater",
          "theater"
        ],
        [
          "stage",
          "stage"
        ],
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          "patron",
          "patron"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literally, theater) Regardless of what happens, whatever show has been planned still has to be staged for the waiting patrons."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literally"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "theater"
      ]
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "One must finish what one has started; things must continue no matter what."
      ],
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        [
          "finish",
          "finish"
        ],
        [
          "start",
          "start"
        ],
        [
          "continue",
          "continue"
        ],
        [
          "no matter what",
          "no matter what"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) One must finish what one has started; things must continue no matter what."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "One must finish what one has started.",
      "word": "la spektaklo devas daŭri"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "One must finish what one has started.",
      "word": "le spectacle doit continuer"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "One must finish what one has started.",
      "word": "przedstawienie musi trwać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "One must finish what one has started.",
      "word": "o espetáculo deve continuar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "šou dolžno prodolžatʹsja",
      "sense": "One must finish what one has started.",
      "word": "шоу должно продолжаться"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "One must finish what one has started.",
      "word": "la función debe continuar"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "the show must go on"
  ],
  "word": "the show must go on"
}