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
Lotte	LAW-tə (German)	Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Dutch, German
Natsuko	nah-tsoo-ko	Japanese
İZzet	-	Turkish
Izidor	-	Slovene
Ema	-	Spanish, Portuguese, Slovene, Czech, Slovak, Croatian
Donald	['dɔnəld]