"have one foot on a banana peel" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: has one foot on a banana peel [present, singular, third-person], 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]
Head templates: {{en-verb|have<has,,had> one foot on a banana peel}} have one foot on a banana peel (third-person singular simple present has one foot on a banana peel, present participle having one foot on a banana peel, simple past and past participle had one foot on a banana peel)
  1. To be at risk of sudden change; to be in an unstable state.
    Sense id: en-have_one_foot_on_a_banana_peel-en-verb-dlyRywWK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys

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