A leader is ultimately responsible for the penalities of a catastrophe, even they result from external causes or the misactions of others under his purview.

Cirrus clouds forebode bad weather.

Alternative form of mackerel sky and mare's-tails make tall ships carry low sails

(simile) Quickly but futilely, away from a failing project.

(New England, nautical, idiomatic) Said of an unwisely or overly extravagant person.

(nautical, traditional) Tidily tied down and secure. / (figuratively, or by extension) Properly and neatly organised or arranged.

(originally nautical) Meticulously neat and tidy.

(originally nautical) Neatly and tidily to a meticulous extent.

plural of shipful

The full complement of parts of a system required to equip an individual aerospace vehicle.