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the captain goes down with the ship en · X

Etymology

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.

Meanings

  1. 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.

Relateds

women and children first · duty · last full measure · Davy Jones's locker

Synonyms

the buck stops here

Translations (6)

ru капитан покидает корабль последним (a leader is ultimately responsible for the penalties of a catastrophe) · es el capitán se hunde con su barco (a leader is ultimately responsible for the penalties of a catastrophe) · de der Kapitän geht als Letzter von Bord (a leader is ultimately responsible for the penalties of a catastrophe) · pl kapitan idzie na dno razem ze statkiem (a leader is ultimately responsible for the penalties of a catastrophe) · fr le capitaine sombre avec son navire (a leader is ultimately responsible for the penalties of a catastrophe) · it il comandante affonda con la nave (a leader is ultimately responsible for the penalties of a catastrophe)