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Meaning of bomba de relojería



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bomba de relojería
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It is another - tighter - way to call the "time bomb" or "explosive device with a timer-controlled delay." It also has a sense figurative about the "situation that is going to end violently in a matter of time".

  



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MARCOS EFRAIN LOPEZ ORTIZ

The expression "watch bomb" is used when you can see the possibility that something will go extremely wrong. When we sense that a tragedy is coming. Also, when the person is showing ever worse behaviors or attitudes, and it is sensed that it will end badly. It constitutes an imminent risk.

  

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Clara Muñoz

( Be ) a time bomb: is someone who lives in tension

  










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