Sentences with phrase «on a sinking ship»

Like a captain on a sinking ship shooting a flare to call for help, arteries in distress attract immune cells.

Which one would you trust on a sinking ship?

To tie Christian faith to any of them is to take your stand on a sinking ship.

Because sticking around on a sinking ship can only damage your career and delay your professional growth.

Rearranging the furniture on a sinking ship.

The Paris talks are flopping and their leaving like rats on a sinking ship.

These are multi-billion dollar companies, but the profit has come from using and abusing our data like it is a treasure chest they found on a sunken ship.

I would much rather spend my days on a sinking ship with those who love me, knowing that no matter what the future holds, I tried my hardest to lift people up and not slam them down.

It's good to know the 1 - 3 Vikings are having fun on a sinking ship.

Just rearranging the deck chairs on the sinking ship.

The Finest Hours (June 7)-- based on a true story about a storm that traps 30 soldiers on a sinking ship.

In one sequence where they nearly drown on a sinking ship, I white - knuckled the arm rests of my chair.

Both series offer pilots that are tight and often funny — «Up All Night» is the one I'd save first if we were all together on a sinking ship, as if that could happen, but «Free Agents» has its moments and fine performances — and also make one wonder about the long run.

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.

Definitely easier said than done, as success means losing him to a brainy, smart - mouthed bombshell (her younger self), and that's a heart breaker, save the world or not.This offbeat tale is about falling madly in love when one is too cynical for such things, letting go of pessimism when it's the last life jacket on a sinking ship, and racing against the clock when one doesn't ha...

On Sunken Ship there are intense horizontal lines: is this a result of applying the paint directly to the canvas without brushing it?

Unlike my ex-boyfriends and the couples that Julie Schwartz Gottman and John M. Gottman describe in 10 Principles for Doing Effective Couples Therapy, my boyfriend and I were not on a sinking ship watching one another drown.

While we might be momentarily fascinated by and occupied with tweaking the existing order of things, renovating and managing it, it is like this cartoon illustrates: we are only rearranging the furniture on a sinking ship.

Even the captain on a sinking ship must know when to grab the life preserver.

You sir, are on the sinking ship.

-LSB-...] rearranging the furniture on a sinking ship — Patheos (blog) This entry was posted in Furniture, hp and tagged a-sinking-ship, and - occupied, -LSB-...]

The questions included the following: «On a sinking ship, whom should you save first?

Perhaps my body is worried that I might be on a sinking ship, in the middle of the ocean, and I would have to float to shore, so it made sure I had two large flotation devices that will help me get there.

We can be blind to the most obvious truths, and we can convince ourselves that everything is going to be alright when we're on a sinking ship.

The market seems to be going full steam ahead with digital game releases, and I'll still be on the sinking ship that is physical releases.

If you find yourself on a sinking ship of negativity, it might be time to get out before it drags you down with it.

«Feel as though you're on a sinking ship and there's nothing you can do?