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banana skin
Word forms: plural banana skinsregional note: in AM, use banana peel
1. countable noun
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.
banana skin in British English
noun
1. Also called: banana peel (bəˈnɑːnə piːl)
the soft outer covering of a banana
2. informal
something unforeseen that causes an obvious and embarrassing mistake
Word origin
sense 2 from the common slapstick joke of a person slipping after treading on a bananaskinImage ofbanana skin
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