Sentences with phrase «lifeboat on a sinking ship»
Converting to e-book format just to save money at the printer is not a marketing program; it's a lifeboat on a sinking ship.
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Did you ever hear the story of a fancy ship that ran into an iceberg on its maiden voyage and sank as a result, killing more than half of the people on board because there were not enough lifeboats?
During the voyage, their ship suddenly sinks, leaving the boy on a lifeboat along with a few furry survivors; ultimately only Pi and a tiger remain.
I was on another ship and we were the first to arrive and witness both the passengers who float [ing] in their lifeboats and then the sinking of this 40 - year - old ship, which gave everyone caution because, of course, it suggests that, you know, there but for the grace of someone go I.
To dismiss self - publishing out of hand may be to refuse to jump in the lifeboat because you want to stay on board the sinking ship...
White Star Lines Captain Bruce Ismay, long despised for taking a seat in a lifeboat rather than going down with the ship (a scenario eerily relived in the recent sinking of the Costa Concordia), is casually labeled a «masochist» on rather scant evidence.