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be like rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic

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be like rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic

  (British & Australian humorous)

if an activity is like rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic, it it will have no effect

Usage notes: The Titanic was a large ship that sank suddenly in 1912 with most of its passengers.

With unemployment at record levels, plans for better advertising of job vacancies are a bit like rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic.

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