like rats deserting a sinking ship

With great haste and having only personal well-being in mind. (Typically said of people who begin abandoning something or someone that is failing or about to fail.) I knew the business was doomed when employees started quitting en masse, like rats deserting a sinking ship. Like rats deserting a sinking ship, the disgraced athlete's corporate sponsors began pulling their sponsorships one after another.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Octavio	ok-TAH-vyo	Spanish
Nero (2)	NE-ro	Italian
Aviram	-	Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Lynsey	LIN-zee	English (Modern)
Osvald	-	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Endzela	-	Georgian