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
RuaidhrÍ	ROR-ee	Irish
Yakup	-	Turkish
Herodotus	-	Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Henna	HEN-nah	Finnish
Doroteja	-	Slovene, Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian
Alan	['ælən]