like rats from 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 from a sinking ship. Like rats from a sinking ship, the disgraced athlete's corporate sponsors began pulling their sponsorships one after another.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Goyathlay	-	Native American, Apache
Cari	KER-ee, KAR-ee	English
Dietrich	DEET-rikh	German
Phrixus	-	Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Alesia	-	English
Ronja	RON-yah	Swedish