banana skin BrE
banana peel AmE

Got one foot out the door, and one on a banana peel.

He held up a banana peel and pointed with concern at his neck.

And that time my own name was the banana peel.

"I've got one foot on a banana peel and the other in Chapter 11," he said.

But I knew my path was paved with banana peels.

As they're walking away from the station, Robert slips on a banana peel.

In June of 2006, he slipped on a banana peel and had a serious back injury.

A banana peel can also be used to effectively shine shoes.

I can slip on a banana peel with the best of them.

The banana peel, in this instance, just happens to be a painting.