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
Carmella	kahr-MEL-ə	English
Pierrette	-	French
Gayle	[geil]
Ann	AN	English
Meave	-	Irish
Bernardino	ber-nahr-DEE-no (Italian, Spanish)	Italian, Spanish, Portuguese