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rearrange the deck chairs on the Titanic

idiom

To do something pointless or insignificant that will soon be overtaken by events, or that contributes nothing to the solution of a current problem.

Anchors to
Related idioms3entries
  1. 01

    few cards shy of a full deck

    Mentally deranged; demented; insane.

  2. 02

    play with a full deck

    To behave in a manner suggesting that one is of normal intelligence, alert, and mentally stable.

  3. 03

    sweep the deck

    To clear off all the stakes on the table by winning them.

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