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be like rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic
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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.
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It would seem that, in an age when people are looking toward, perhaps even demanding, the more personalised and individually focused services that digital technology can deliver, officialdom's answer is to simply to organise a bigger communal party in the park, a new batch of deckchairs and re-draw the seating plan.
30pm - time for the Bullring kill-joys in bright yellow reflective jackets to come and snatch the deckchairs away so they could be stored overnight.
In a break from the norm, this summer's parkland visitors can be seen relaxing on unique deckchairs created by celebrities including internationally renowned Japanese designer and widow of Beatles star John Lennon, Yoko Ono.
 
 
 
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