banana skin
Word forms: banana skins regional note: in AM, use banana peel
1. countable noun B2
The thick yellow or green covering of a banana is called a banana skin. [British]
2. countable noun
If an important or famous person slips on a banana skin, they say or do something that makes them look stupid and causes them problems. [mainly British, journalism]
...waiting for the government to slip on this week's banana skin.
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- front facade
- front gate
- front grille
- front hall
- front hooves
- frontier
- frontier mentality
- frontier regions
- frontiersman
- frontiers of knowledge
- frontier town
- frontispiece
- front lawn
- front leg
- front line
- front-line
- frontline
- front-line combat
- front man
- front office
- front-page
- front-page article
- front-page coverage
- front page headline
- front-page photo