desert a sinking ship

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desert a sinking ship and leave a sinking ship

Fig. to leave a place, a person, or a situation when things become difficult or unpleasant. (Rats are said to be the first to leave a ship that is sinking.) I hate to be the one to desert a sinking ship, but I can't work for a company that continues to lose money. There goes Tom. Wouldn't you know he'd leave a sinking ship rather than stay around and try to help?

See also: desert, ship, sink

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Byline: ADAM OLDFIELD NEIL WARNOCK'S decision to desert a sinking ship was Sheffield United's best result last season, but with Bryan Robson now at the helm, expect their Premiership absence to be brief. Football: Robson ups the Beat; You BET by Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England) Byline: By GARRY DOYLE SHAMROCK ROVERS star Paddy McCourt said he did not have the heart to desert a sinking ship. Football: McCOURT: I'LL STAY TO HELP HOOPS BEAT RELEGATION by The Mirror (London, England) Current club Queensland Reds are in turmoil after the exodus of 11 players and Eddy is also expecting the birth of his first child' I'm not the sort of person to walk away from a challenge or, as some people might perceive it, to desert a sinking ship,' he said. Rugby Union: Eddy's Worcester move in balance by Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England)			depart for some place depart from some place depart this life depend depend on depict as deplete of deport deposit in deprive of depth deputize as derive from dern descend descend from descend into descend on descend to describe describe as describe to description desensitize to desert desert a sinking ship Desert and reward seldom keep company desert for desert to deserve deserve a medal deserve better from deserve credit for design design for designate designate as desire Desires are nourished by delays desist desist from despair despair of Desperate diseases must have desperate remedies despise for despoil of destine destine for destined for detach from detail			desensitizing desensitizing desensitizing drugs desensitizing drugs desensitizing drugs desensitizing drugs Desenvolupament Humà i Sostenible Desenvolvimento de Mercados e Produtos Desenvolvimento De Recursos Humanos Desequilibrio de ordenes deserere Deseret Deseret Deseret Chemical Depot Deseret First Credit Union Deseret Industries Deseret Language and Linguistics Society Deseret Mutual Benefit Administrators Deseret Towers Deseret Towers Recreation Area Deseret-Oasis Special Service District Deserial Serial Peripheral Interface Deserialization Deserialization Deserialize deserpidine desert desert desert desert desert a sinking ship Desert Air Force Desert Air Task Force Desert Aire Owners Association Desert and reward seldom keep company desert baileya Desert Battle Dress Overgarment Desert Battle Dress Uniform Desert Bighorn Sheep Desert bighorn-sheep desert boot desert boots Desert Breeze Community Church Desert Brotherhood Motorcycle Club Desert Caballeros Western Museum Desert Camouflage Uniform Desert Canyon Elementary School Desert Canyon Rehabilitation Hospital Desert Centre Triumph Register of America Desert Channels Queensland Desert Christian Home Educator's Association Desert cities Desert cities Desert cities Desert city Desert city Desert city Desert climate Desert climate Desert climate Desert Combat

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