a sinking ship

an organization that is failing She says the school is a sinking ship, and has no money to hire additional teachers.

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.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Mathias	mah-TEE-ahs (German)	French, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Anslyn	['ænslin]
Baillif	['beilif]
Jeffry	['dʒefri]
Harta	HAHR-tah	Indonesian
Ewoud	AY-vowt, AY-wowt	Dutch