be like rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic



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.

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Golbahar-Persian
Jule[dʒu:l]
Ludvik-Slovene
DarrylDER-əl, DAR-əlEnglish
Maloney[mə'ləuni]
Feofil-Russian