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1 slip on a banana skin
slip on a banana peel/skin наступить на грабли (допустить досадный промах/глупую ошибку)The government has slipped on too many banana skins for its own good.
Англо-русский словарь идиом и фразовых глаголов > slip on a banana skin
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2 banana
[bə'nɑːnə]сущ.He slipped on a banana skin and almost fell. — Он поскользнулся на банановой кожуре и чуть не упал.
••to go bananas — разг. спятить, рехнуться
banana skin брит. / banana peel амер. — подвох, скользкая ситуация
She slipped on only one banana peel, squandering her first match point. — Она допустила всего одну оплошность, не реализовав свой первый матч-пойнт.
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3 slip on a banana peel
slip on a banana peel/skin наступить на грабли (допустить досадный промах/глупую ошибку)The government has slipped on too many banana skins for its own good.
Англо-русский словарь идиом и фразовых глаголов > slip on a banana peel
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4 fall about
phrvi infmlThey fell about when the judge slipped on the banana skin — Они покатились со смеху, когда судья поскользнулся на банановой кожуре
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