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have one foot on a banana peel

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.56 in modern English

Syllables
have one -foot on a banana peel
IPA
37
Scrabble Score
24
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To be in an unstable situation with a high risk of sudden negative change, facing difficulty, or appearing foolish.

Informal

Usage

Inflected Forms

has one foot on a banana peel (present, singular) having one foot on a banana peel (participle, present) had one foot on a banana peel (participle, past) had one foot on a banana peel (past)

Questions

What does have one foot on a banana peel mean?
To be in an unstable situation with a high risk of sudden negative change, facing difficulty, or appearing foolish.

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