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单词 the buck stops here
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the buck stops here
P2. the buck stops here: H. S. Truman's phrase for ‘the responsibility rests here’, i.e. the buck cannot be passed any further (see quot. 1952). (Originally U.S.)
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the buck stops here1952
1952 H. S. Truman Public Papers, 1952–3 (1966) 1094/2 When the decision is up before you—and on my desk I have a motto which says ‘The buck stops here’—the decision has to be made.
1968 A. Storr Human Aggression xii. 113 Yet a recent President of the United States found it necessary to have a reminder on his desk that ‘The buck stops here’ as if he could not quite believe in the reality of his own ultimate responsibility.
1979 Guardian 2 May 28/7 Mr Callaghan sought the sympathy of the electorate..‘The buck stops here.’
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