shifting/rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic
Definition
› used for saying that someone is wasting time dealing with things that are not important, and is ignoring a much more serious problemUseless and futile
(Definition of shifting/rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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shift noun (GROUP)
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shift verb (GET RID OF)
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shift verb (MOVE/CHANGE)
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shift yourself idiom
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shifting adjective
- shifting/rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic idiom
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shiftless adjective
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shiftwork noun
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shifty adjective
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Shiism noun
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shiitake (mushroom) noun
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Synonyms and related words:
- a mug's game idiom
- adrift adjective
- aimless adjective
- airy-fairy adjective
- be at a loose end idiom
- flaccid adjective
- fool's errand noun
- for the hell of it idiom
- frivolous adjective
- fruitless adjective
- negate verb
- no-good adjective
- nugatory adjective
- ornamental adjective
- otiose adjective
- until you are blue in the face idiom
- unwieldy adjective (NOT EFFECTIVE)
- useless adjective
- vain adjective (NOT SUCCESSFUL)
- vainly adverb
Topic:
Useless and futile
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