the buck stops here
It's my responsibility
TRANSLATION
the buck stops here = ich übernehme die Verantwortung --- GOOGLE INDEX OWAD: approximately 300,000 Google hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
"Ultimately THE BUCK STOPS HERE. When the system fails, it is my responsibility," President Obama said Thursday, in the wake of the Christmas attack on Flight 253 and the failure of the U.S. intelligence community to put together clues that could have prevented it.
(Chicago Sun Times)
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Exclusive global warming poll: THE BUCK STOPS HERE
(New Scientist magazine - Headline)
(Chicago Sun Times)
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Exclusive global warming poll: THE BUCK STOPS HERE
(New Scientist magazine - Headline)
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OWAD
idiom
- said by someone who is responsible for making decisions and who will be blamed if things go wrong
(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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The saying "the buck stops here" derives from the slang expression "pass the buck," which means passing the responsibility on to someone else. The latter expression is said to have originated with the game of poker in the American Wild West, in which a knife with a buckhorn handle was frequently used to indicate whose turn it was to deal the cards. If the player did not wish to deal he could pass the responsibility by passing the "buck" to the next player.
One of the trademarks of former U.S. President Harry Truman was a sign on his desk that read "I'm from Missouri" on one side and "the buck stops here" on the other. The sign was made at a federal prison in Oklahoma. Fred M. Canfil, then United States Marshal for the Western District of Missouri and a friend of Mr. Truman, saw a similar sign while visiting the prison and asked the director if a sign like it could be made for President Truman.
(source: The Harry S. Truman Library and Museum)
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SYNONYMS
I'll make the call, I'll shoulder the responsibility, the ball is in my court
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"Everyone is welcome to voice their opinion, but the buck stops here."
idiom
- said by someone who is responsible for making decisions and who will be blamed if things go wrong
(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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The saying "the buck stops here" derives from the slang expression "pass the buck," which means passing the responsibility on to someone else. The latter expression is said to have originated with the game of poker in the American Wild West, in which a knife with a buckhorn handle was frequently used to indicate whose turn it was to deal the cards. If the player did not wish to deal he could pass the responsibility by passing the "buck" to the next player.
One of the trademarks of former U.S. President Harry Truman was a sign on his desk that read "I'm from Missouri" on one side and "the buck stops here" on the other. The sign was made at a federal prison in Oklahoma. Fred M. Canfil, then United States Marshal for the Western District of Missouri and a friend of Mr. Truman, saw a similar sign while visiting the prison and asked the director if a sign like it could be made for President Truman.
(source: The Harry S. Truman Library and Museum)
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SYNONYMS
I'll make the call, I'll shoulder the responsibility, the ball is in my court
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"Everyone is welcome to voice their opinion, but the buck stops here."
