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idiomleave/desert/abandon a sinking shipused in order to say that people are leaving a company, organization etc, because they know that it is in trouble:I don't want people to think I am deserting a sinking ship, but I think it is better for the club if I make a clean break.If people continue to leave the country it's a bad sign - it's like leaving a sinking ship.NoteYou may also hear people call a company, organization etc that is in trouble 'a sinking ship', or say that the people leaving it are rats leaving a sinking ship Two of the president's chief aides have resigned - possibly the first rats to leave the sinking ship.
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