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
Blagica	-	Macedonian
Iphigenia	-	Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Wenona	wə-NON-ə	English (Rare)
'Uriyah	-	Biblical Hebrew
Monet	-	Various
Jorja	JAWR-jə	English (Modern)