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词组 rearrange (the) deckchairs on the Titanic
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rearrange (the) deckchairs on the Titanic

rearrange (the) deckchairs on the Titanic

To partake in or undertake some task, activity, or course of action that will ultimately prove trivial or futile in its possible effect or outcome. Primarily heard in UK, Australia. For all his blustering about overhauling the education system, the prime minister might as well have been rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic for all the good these proposals will do. You're applying for arts council funding? Why don't you just rearrange deckchairs on the Titanic while you're at it?
See also: deckchairs, on, rearrange, titanic
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

rearrange the ˌdeckchairs on the Tiˈtanic

if something is like rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic, it is an activity that is not worth doing because it cannot improve the situation: None of the staff believe that the new system will improve anything. It’s simply a case of rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic.This expression refers to the famous ship that sank after hitting an iceberg on its first voyage.
See also: deckchairs, on, rearrange, titanic
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
See also:
  • move (the) deckchairs on the Titanic
  • rearrange the deckchairs on the Titanic
  • shift (the) deckchairs on the Titanic
  • run in circles
  • take (someone or something) for (something)
  • partake
  • partake in
  • partook
  • partake of
  • partake of (something)
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  • idle away
  • idle brain is the devil's workshop
  • idle folk have the least leisure
  • idle hands are the devil's playthings
  • idle hands are the devil's tools
  • idle hands are the devil's workshop
  • idleness
  • idleness is the root of all evil
  • idle people have the least leisure
  • I'd like a word with you
  • I'd like a word with you. and Could I have a word with you?
  • I'd like to have a word with you
  • I'd like to speak to
  • I'd like to speak to (someone)
  • I'd like to speak to (someone), please
  • I'd like you to meet
  • I'd like you to meet (someone)
  • idly
  • I do
  • I do believe
  • I (do) declare!
  • idol
  • idolize
  • idolize as
  • idolize (someone or something) as (something)

 

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