time bomb
Example Sentences
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In other words, this was a time bomb waiting to go off.
From BBC
But being around them is a ticking time bomb.
He likens the court documents on top of his desk to a time bomb that he refuses to touch.
Everyone was looking at him, as if he were six and throwing a temper tantrum, or like he was a time bomb, about to erupt any second.
From Literature
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Read: Why copper is a ‘ticking time bomb for explosive price action’
From MarketWatch
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.