a banana skin

An action that results in an unforeseen and embarrassing mistake or problem. When Joe applied the latest software update, he had no idea what a banana skin it would be until after his company's entire network crashed.

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.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Nero (2)	NE-ro	Italian
Ceferino	the-fe-REE-no (Spanish), se-fe-REE-no (Latin American Spanish)	Spanish
Arielle	ar-ee-EL	French
Alisya	ə-LIS-yə	English (Rare)
Harden	['hɑ:dn]
Muiris	-	Irish