time bomb

With Leftie and Lonnie en route to the cabin, the score pulses with what sounds like a ticking time bomb, plus something like an eerie musical saw for some extra shivers.

A County Tyrone solicitor who represents a group of affected residents has described the problem as "a ticking time bomb" that needs to be addressed.

Bob Blackman MP, who drafted the Act, criticised the "snail's pace" in enforcing it, adding action was needed urgently as the sector is a "ticking time bomb".

The liberal opposition has rejected any alternatives to impeachment, calling Yoon a “ticking time bomb.”

"Pieces of space junk are like ticking time bombs," observed Moriba Jah, a professor of aerospace engineering at the University of Texas at Austin.