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
Hemi	-	Maori
Adelajda	ah-de-LIE-dah	Polish
Lois	['ləuis]
Maata	-	Maori
Christa	KRIS-tah (German), KRIS-tə (English)	German, Danish, English
Harlow	HAHR-lo	English