banana skin
the soft outer covering of a banana
informal something unforeseen that causes an obvious and embarrassing mistake
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How to use banana skin in a sentence
A flower petal falling on the floor acts as a banana skin would, making a slip and a bad fall possible to anyone on the stage.
The Art of Stage Dancing | Ned WayburnAnd you fell on a banana skin once yourself, and wanted to thrash the fellow who left it!
The Second Violin | Grace S. Richmond"I thought you hadn't been listening," put in Banana-Skin in a quiet and torturing way.
Tell England | Ernest RaymondEverybody considered Banana-Skin to have elicited a damning admission.
Tell England | Ernest RaymondLift one section of a banana skin, remove fruit, fill with any desired salad and replace section of skin.
Games For All Occasions | Mary E. Blain
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