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be like rearranging (the) deckchairs on the Titani

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be like rearranging (the) deckchairs on the Titanic

To be a task, activity, or course of action that will ultimately prove trivial or futile in its possible effect or outcome. You're giving the baby a bath before we eat spaghetti? That's like rearranging deckchairs on the Titanic.

See also: deckchairs, like, on, rearrange, titanic