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  • Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Noun Phrase 75. The noun phrase today

  • is sinking ship or a sinking ship. Let's take a look at the note. A sinking ship

  • is a company or organization that is failing or you know, you know that it's

  • going to fail soon. So let's take a look at a few notes here. The first example I had

  • better start looking around for another job this company seems like a sinking

  • ship. It is only a matter of time before they go out of business. This is just

  • the way we use it. Yeah/ Sometimes you also hear the phrase like to go down with the

  • ship or you don't want to go down with the ship. So, so really they're making

  • like a comparison like a sinking ship. So the company is like it's going under.

  • It's, it's a sinking ship and we , we, that's another way we say to go out

  • of business too. We also say to go under. So let's look at the second one here.

  • That Bank is in so much debt , they are beyond rescue. So they probably cannot be

  • saved. They are a real sinking ship. Okay. Good. I hope you got it. I hope it's clear.

  • Thank you for your time. Bye-bye.

Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Noun Phrase 75. The noun phrase today

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