English-Italian translations for time bomb

• bomba a orologeria
  A mio avviso, si tratta di una bomba a orologeria. This, to me, is the ticking time bomb.
  Oggi, la regione di Kaliningrad continua a essere una bomba a orologeria. Today, the Kaliningrad region remains a ticking time bomb.
  In questo contesto l'espressione "bomba a orologeria” è, dunque, certamente adeguata. So, in that context, the phrase 'pensions time bomb' is certainly accurate.
• bomba a tempo
  Le Nazioni Unite hanno descritto Gaza come una bomba a tempo, la cui popolazione vive chiusa in una gabbia. The UN has described Gaza as a time bomb whose people are living in a cage.

Definition of time bomb

• A bomb that has a mechanism such that detonation can be preset to a particular time
• A situation that threatens to have disastrous consequences at some future time

Related words

• time box
• part time labour
• about time
• bonus time
• airborne time
• labour time
• timebox
• timeboxing
• antimetabole