Dancing on the deck of the Titanic

Dancing on the deck of the Titanic': Haley team 'jubilant' amid dark Super Tuesday odds

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About 30 minutes after the Titanic collided with its fateful iceberg, in 1912, Captain Edward Smith ordered the cruise liner’s two bands to begin playing lively dance music, to prevent panic by busying the passengers—keeping them positively engaged, as long as possible, with something other than an awareness of their impending demise.


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(1 John 2:15–17) Dancing on Titanic
April 14, 2013
Series: Sermons in 1 John
Ref: 1 John 2:15–17

In a matter of seconds, the lights and sounds from the Titanic were replaced by the dark, icy waters of the Northern Atlantic. Stop dancing on the deck of this world before it is too late!

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The saying 'Rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic' - meaning and ...

The expression 'rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic', sometimes shortened to just 'rearranging the deckchairs'. clearly refers to the sinking of the great ship in 1912. There's no evidence to suggest that anyone did waste their time in rearranging the Titanic's deckchairs while it was sinking - the expression is purely metaphorical.

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The phrase "rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic" is an idiom that means making small changes that will have no effect as the project, company, etc, is in very serious trouble. The expression goes back at least three decades and refers to the sinking of the Titanic in 1912. There is no evidence to suggest that anyone did waste their time in rearranging the Titanic's deckchairs while it was sinking - the expression is purely metaphorical.