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
AslØG	-	Danish
Tancredi	-	Italian
Tatyana	tah-TYAH-nah	Russian
Mentor	-	Greek Mythology
SeÒRas	SHO-rahs	Scottish
Alexandra	[.ælig'za:ndrə]