banana skin

English

Noun

banana skin (plural banana skins)

1. (UK) The outer skin of a banana, especially once removed from the rest of the banana, which may be slippery if stepped on.
2. (UK) A cause of difficulty, or potential embarrassment.

   The subject is becoming a political banana skin.

Synonyms

• banana peel (Canadian, US)

Hyponyms

• skin

Translations

banana skin — see banana peel

References

• banana peel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “banana skin”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.