船長は船

the captain and the ship

→ 船長

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the captain and the ship This is not a fixed expression. 船長 means “ship captain,” は marks the topic, and 船 means “ship”; the exact English phrasing depends on the rest of the sentence.

JA: 船長は船を港へ戻した。

EN: The captain returned the ship to port.

船長は船のすべてを支配する。

The captain is in command of everything on the ship.

時には船長は船と運命を共にするものだ。

Sometimes a captain goes down with his ship.

突然船長は船を離れた。

Suddenly, the captain left the ship.

船長は船のすべてを統制する。

The captain is in control of everything on the ship.