banana skin

banana skin

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) the soft outer covering of a banana

2. Informal something unforeseen that causes an obvious and embarrassing mistake

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

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

banana skin - the skin of a banana (especially when it is stripped off and discarded); "he slipped on a banana skin and almost fell" banana peel peel, skin - the rind of a fruit or vegetable

Translations

banana skin n (also) (fig) → buccia di banana

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banana skin n (also) (fig) → buccia di banana