have one foot on a banana peel
have one foot on a banana peel
To be in a condition of perpetual uncertainty or instability; to be at risk of sudden, often calamitous change. I've managed to keep the company afloat, but it's felt like I've had one foot on a banana peel the whole time.
See also: banana, foot, have, on, one, peel
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- peel
- one little bit
- have a (sudden) rush of blood to the head
- have a rush of blood to the head
- all of a sudden
- of a sudden
- sudden
- a (sudden) rush of blood (to the head)
- a rush of blood
- have a wild hair to (do something)