banana skin — banana skins 1) N COUNT The thick yellow or green covering of a banana is called a banana skin. [BRIT] (in AM, use banana peel) 2) N COUNT If an important or famous person slips on a banana skin, they say or do something that makes them look… … English dictionary
banana skin — (UK) A banana skin is something that is an embarrassment or causes problems … The small dictionary of idiomes
banana skin — noun the skin of a banana (especially when it is stripped off and discarded) he slipped on a banana skin and almost fell • Syn: ↑banana peel • Hypernyms: ↑peel, ↑skin * * * banana skin noun (figurative) Something which causes a slip … Useful english dictionary
banana skin — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms banana skin : singular banana skin plural banana skins British informal something that causes you to make an embarrassing mistake. To slip on a banana skin means to make a mistake … English dictionary
banana skin — (UK) A banana skin is something that is an embarrassment or causes problems. (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
banana skin — noun (C) BrE informal an embarrassing mistake made by someone in a public position, especially a politician or someone in a government: This incident could turn into another banana skin for the government … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
banana skin — ba nana .skin n BrE an embarrassing mistake made by someone in a public position, especially a politician or someone in a government American Equivalent: banana peel ▪ This government has an unhappy knack of slipping on banana skins … Dictionary of contemporary English
God’s Great Banana Skin — God’s Great Banana Skin … Википедия
God's Great Banana Skin — Infobox Album | Name = God s Great Banana Skin Type = Album Artist = Chris Rea Released = November 2, 1992 (UK) 1993 (US) Recorded = 1992 Genre = Album oriented rock Length = 55:00 Label = East West Producer = Chris Rea Reviews = *Allmusic… … Wikipedia
(a) banana skin — British something which causes or is very likely to cause embarrassing problems. The new tax has proved to be a banana skin for the government … New idioms dictionary
