This is an interesting term that native speakers often use.  It is “Ticking time bomb“.

A “ticking time bomb” basically means a situation that can happen at any time; something bad that will happen.  ”Ticking” is the sound of an old watch or an old clock.  Some “bombs” can be set with a clock or a timer to explode at a time.  If you didn’t make the bomb, you won’t know exactly when it will explode, but you know that it will explode at some point in time if nothing is done to stop it.

An example of how this phrase is actually used is something like this:

“That man smokes too many cigarettes, drinks too much alcohol, eats too much junk food, and never exercises.  His doctor is worried about his heart and told him that he’s basically a ticking time bomb unless he changes his lifestyle.”

- That means that basically he will get sick and/or die from heart problems sometime in the future unless he makes some healthy changes.

Another good example:

“Many experts say that the economy is like a ticking time bomb.  It’s ok now but it’s going to fail badly sometime in the near future.  We just don’t know exactly when.“

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