Example sentences from the Web for banana skin

Her corsage was of clinging ivy leaves, in contrast to the fuller effect of her banana-skin skirt.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, May 19, 1920|Various
"I thought you hadn't been listening," put in Banana-Skin in a quiet and torturing way.
Tell England|Ernest Raymond
The first banana-skin which a lot of fellows step on when they're put over other men is a desire to be too popular.
Old Gorgon Graham|George Horace Lorimer
Banana-Skin had a shock when he found himself seized and hurled against the opposite wall.
Tell England|Ernest Raymond

There was a banana-skin which she might naturally have trodden on, in her way to the tea-table.
Over the Teacups|Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

banana skin

noun

the soft outer covering of a banana

informal something unforeseen that causes an obvious and embarrassing mistake

Word Origin for banana skin

sense 2 from the common slapstick joke of a person slipping after treading on a banana skin

Words nearby banana skin

banana republic, banana republics, bananas, banana seat, banana shrub, banana skin, banana slug, banana spider, banana split, Banaras, Banat

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单词	banana skin
释义	Example sentences from the Web for banana skin Her corsage was of clinging ivy leaves, in contrast to the fuller effect of her banana-skin skirt. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, May 19, 1920\|Various "I thought you hadn't been listening," put in Banana-Skin in a quiet and torturing way. Tell England\|Ernest Raymond The first banana-skin which a lot of fellows step on when they're put over other men is a desire to be too popular. Old Gorgon Graham\|George Horace Lorimer Banana-Skin had a shock when he found himself seized and hurled against the opposite wall. Tell England\|Ernest Raymond There was a banana-skin which she might naturally have trodden on, in her way to the tea-table. Over the Teacups\|Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. banana skin noun the soft outer covering of a banana informal something unforeseen that causes an obvious and embarrassing mistake Word Origin for banana skin sense 2 from the common slapstick joke of a person slipping after treading on a banana skin Words nearby banana skin banana republic, banana republics, bananas, banana seat, banana shrub, banana skin, banana slug, banana spider, banana split, Banaras, Banat Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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