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
Tess	TES	English, Dutch
Tudor (2)	-	Romanian
Perchuhi	-	Armenian
Arduino	ahr-DWEE-no	Italian
Nanook	-	Native American, Inuit
Regula	-	German (Swiss), Late Roman