Betekenis van time bomb In het Nederlands

• 0 a bomb containing a device that makes it explode at a particular time

• 1 a situation that is likely to become difficult to deal with or control:

  • By ignoring the wishes of their employees, the managers are setting/creating a time bomb for themselves.

  • The prison governors are sitting on a time bomb (= are having to deal with a bad situation that is likely to become difficult to deal with or control).

• 2 a bomb attached to a device that will make it explode at a particular time

  • He has the kind of nasty attitude toward management that is a time bomb in any work situation.