sinking ship

idiomatic

(idiomatic) Something which is doomed; an impending debacle; an ongoing disaster.

Japanese Meaning

救いようのない、破滅が目前に迫った状況 / 末期的な事業や計画など、今にも崩壊する状態 / 究極の失敗が既に決定している絶望的な状態

Joining that start-up now feels like climbing aboard a sinking ship.

そのスタートアップに今参加するのは、沈みゆく船に乗り込むようなものだ。

Sense（1）

(idiomatic) Something which is doomed; an impending debacle; an ongoing disaster.

He said that […] Bella had been perfectly right to leave him, because he was a sinking ship, and deserved to be turned out penniless into the world.

sinking ships

（ plural ）