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A doomed cause; a lost cause; a loosing cause; a loosing proposition; an impending debacle; an on-going disaster; a bad deal.
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Low Note From A Sinking Ship — Infobox Album | Name = Slow Note From A Sinking Ship Type = Album Artist = Portastatic Released = 1995 Genre = Indie rock Length = |55:25 Label = Merge Records Producer = Mac McCaughan and Jerry Kee Engineer + [Jerry Kee] and [Mac McCaughan]… … Wikipedia
Slow Note From a Sinking Ship — Infobox Album | Name = Slow Note From A Sinking Ship Type = Album Artist = Portastatic Released = 1995 Genre = Indie rock Length = |55:25 Label = Merge Records Producer = Mac McCaughan and Jerry Kee Engineer + [Jerry Kee] and [Mac McCaughan]… … Wikipedia
leave a sinking ship — leave/abandon/desert/a sinking ship phrase to stop being involved in something that is becoming less and less successful Senior executives at the company were the first to desert the sinking ship. Thesaurus: to stop doing somethingsynonym to kil … Useful english dictionary
abandon a sinking ship — leave/abandon/desert/a sinking ship phrase to stop being involved in something that is becoming less and less successful Senior executives at the company were the first to desert the sinking ship. Thesaurus: to stop doing somethingsynonym to kil … Useful english dictionary
desert a sinking ship — leave/abandon/desert/a sinking ship phrase to stop being involved in something that is becoming less and less successful Senior executives at the company were the first to desert the sinking ship. Thesaurus: to stop doing somethingsynonym to kil … Useful english dictionary
like a rat deserting a sinking ship — If people leave a company because they know that it s about to have serious problems, or turn their back on a person about to be in a similar situation, they are said to be like rats deserting a sinking ship … The small dictionary of idiomes
a sinking ship — ► a sinking ship a failing organization or endeavour. Main Entry: ↑ship … English terms dictionary
like a rat deserting a sinking ship — If people leave a company because they know that it s about to have serious problems, or turn their back on a person about to be in a similar situation, they are said to be like rats deserting a sinking ship. (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
(a) sinking ship — a company or other organization that is failing. He d seen the company s accounts, realized he was on a sinking ship, and decided to get off … New idioms dictionary
