Similar words: ticking, sticking, sticking out, politicking, sticking point, sticking plaster, stick in, mockingbird. Meaning: n. a problematic situation that will eventually become dangerous if not addressed.
1. In truth, the Bush program is a ticking bomb.
2. The refugee camp is a ticking bomb waiting to go off.
3. One evening I had an encounter with a ticking bomb, and contemplated behaving like a fool, but rejected the impulse because we weren't married.
4. Roman Pavlyuchenko put a ticking bomb under Spurs' Final build-up last night by suggesting he wanted to play for Manchester United.
5. "I left the army with a ticking bomb in my belly, " she said.
6. Essentially a ticking bomb versus one that's already released its power in a more gradual way.
7. One-size-fits-all solutions are a ticking bomb for a portal project!
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