rats leave a sinking ship
rats leave a sinking ship
The least loyal, trustworthy, or dependable people will be the first to begin abandon a failing endeavor. Times of crisis will test the loyalty of the people you've hired. Rats leave a sinking ship, while the people worth holding onto the most will stay until the very end.
See also: leave, rat, ship, sink
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- rats desert a sinking ship
- rats abandon a sinking ship
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- true as steel
- a tower of strength
- tower of strength
- be in safe hands
- in safe hands
- pass the smell test
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