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
Nayden	-	Bulgarian
Clemence	KLEM-ənts	English
Ninel	nee-NYEL	Russian
Becca	BEK-ə	English
Katherine	KATH-ə-rin, KATH-rin	English
Ghayth	-	Arabic