deck chair

Example Sentences

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She’s not here to rearrange deck chairs on the Titanic; she’s here to convey — in vigorous, crystal-clear sentences — what we’re losing, and why.

From Los Angeles Times

But she sounded skeptical of the county’s proposal, comparing it to the movement of deck chairs on the Titanic.

From Los Angeles Times

"The point of whether the upstream should or shouldn't be included is irrelevant – it's rearranging deck chairs on the deck of the Titanic at a point when we should be going to zero emissions."

From BBC

Lincoln Riley’s benching of Miller Moss with three games left in a lost season is little more than rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.

From Los Angeles Times

For me, what this all adds up to is that our current efforts to address homelessness here are a lot like moving the deck chairs on the Titanic.

From Seattle Times