Read the source of the allusion.
The Titanic was a luxury steamship touted as indestructible, but in 1912, on its maiden voyage, it hit an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean and sank.
What is the meaning of the allusion in the sentence below?
The politicians staff decided it was time to get off the Titanic, so they left the campaign and started looking for other jobs.
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A large project facing failure
A large project facing failure
A boring or monotonous project
A boring or monotonous project
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The meaning of the allusion in the sentence is:
A large project facing failure.
In this context, "getting off the Titanic" implies that the politicians' staff recognized that the campaign was doomed to fail, similar to how the Titanic was thought to be indestructible but ultimately sank.
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