Sinking-ship Definition

noun

(idiomatic) Something which is doomed; a lost cause; an impending debacle; an ongoing disaster.

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Noun

Singular:
sinking-ship
Plural:
sinking ships

Sinking-ship Sentence Examples

  • I know a sinking ship when I see one.

  • The Wet Babylonians began an exodus which rivaled that of rats abandoning a sinking ship.

  • A sinking ship All the work spent fixing email is like rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.

  • She is a sinking ship and she'll take you with her if you're not careful.

  • Some prominent Jews fled from Jerusalem - as from a sinking ship - to join him and carried the news to the emperor.

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