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
Giampaolo	jahm-POW-lo	Italian
Endzela	-	Georgian
Brown	[braun]
Naila	-	Arabic
Evelyn	EV-ə-lin (English), EV-lin (English)	English, German
Hiltraud	HIL-trowt	German