Usage of "ticking bomb"

A problematic situation that will eventually become dangerous if not addressed.

Synonyms

Examples for "time bomb"

Examples for "time bomb"

Photo: RNZ Chris Hipkins said the area is a ticking time bomb. 
 Radio NZ 

Is the continent sitting on a ticking time bomb of youth unemployment? 
 The Guardian 

Having an aneurysm doesn't mean that you are a ticking time bomb. 
 BBC 

We are sitting on a time bomb here, says Sr Lydia Pardeller. 
 The Irish Times 

I'm telling you, the whole of Harlem is a ticking time bomb. 
 New york: the novel 

Usage of ticking bomb in English

Convinced I am a ticking bomb that could detonate at any moment. 
 My Life, My Tapes 

But in my opinion he remained a ticking bomb, even ticking today.' 
 Self's punishment 

Um, if you more or less walked away from the ticking bomb, i.e. 
 Ebony 

We're sitting on a ticking bomb and I don't like it. 
 Planet of the Damned 

But General Growth's short-term debt financing was a ticking bomb. 
 Reuters 

Like a ticking bomb, or a murderer with a fresh blade in his hand. 
 From hell with love 

There was no ticking bomb to be dealt with. 
 Act of treason 

Like holding a ticking bomb beats jogging with nitroglycerin. 
 The Postman 

And experienced interrogators have argued that the " ticking bomb" case is largely a myth. 
 Wired 

Iran is in effect a ticking bomb. 
 The Guardian 

I think there's a ticking bomb there. 
 Patient Zero 

Russ was a ticking bomb now. 
 Afterlife: the resurrection chronicles 

Not a ticking bomb like Bonnie. 
 Rock my world 

Suddenly, as if a ticking bomb planted in his head exploded, an exhilarating howl burst from his lips. 
 Analog sff, december 2009 

They always find themselves, along with that week's host, in a control room with a ticking bomb about to go off. 
 Reuters 

Either way, this is now a problem for the next ANC President, is it ticking bomb that has been dropped for Ramaphosa? 
 The South African 

Meanings of ticking bomb in English