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
Isma'il	-	Arabic
Aapo	AH:-po	Finnish
Vilhelmina	-	Swedish (Rare), Lithuanian (Rare)
Keeleigh	KEE-lee	English (Rare)
Willemina	vil-lə-MEE-nah, wil-lə-MEE-nah	Dutch
Yeshua	-	Biblical Hebrew, Ancient Aramaic