walking timebomb

Slang definitions & phrases for walking timebomb

walking timebomb

noun phrase

A person who is likely to explode into violence

[fr timebomb, an explosive device with the detonator set to go off]

The Dictionary of American Slang, Fourth Edition by Barbara Ann Kipfer, PhD. and Robert L. Chapman, Ph.D.
Copyright (C) 2007 by HarperCollins Publishers.
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