Idiom
sinking ship
Meaning
Something which is doomed; an impending debacle; an ongoing disaster.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Everyone is leaving the company because it is a sinking ship.”
“The project was failing, so the manager decided to abandon the sinking ship before the final deadline.”
“Investors fled the market in a panic, desperate to distance themselves from what they clearly perceived as a sinking ship.”
Examples
simple
“Everyone is leaving the company because it is a sinking ship.”
contextual
“The project was failing, so the manager decided to abandon the sinking ship before the final deadline.”
complex
“Investors fled the market in a panic, desperate to distance themselves from what they clearly perceived as a sinking ship.”
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