Usage of "time bomb" | TermGallery

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

A bomb that has a detonating mechanism that can be set to go off at a particular time.

Usage of time bomb in English

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 

I think the planet is a time bomb; Mike thinks that's nonsense. 
 A Case of Conscience 

You had a time bomb in your head, but we defused it. 
 The illuminatus! trilogy 

Two tired brains, working against the ticking time bomb of her infection. 
 Gravity 

But buried in the data is a potential time bomb: rising grocery prices. 
 News.com.au 

Japan has long been the perilous pathfinder in the demographic time bomb debate. 
 Independent.ie 

Katka Tesarovea leads youngest group with songs and games.Game with time bomb toy. 
 Radio NZ 

Youth unemployment is a ticking time bomb, we need to attend to it. 
 The South African 

Even when she knew he'd had a hand in settin' that time bomb? 
 Boy’s Life 

People are losing their patience as every day passes, becoming a time bomb. 
 The Guardian 

But there's a ticking time bomb inside the outwardly strong alliance. 
 Wired 

The restaurant had been cleared by the time bomb went off. 
 The Irish Times 

Meanings of time bomb in English