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a banana republic (informal) a small, poor country with a weak or dishonest government People fear that the country will become a banana republic if the economy doesn't pick up. a banana skin (British) something which causes or is very likely to cause embarrassing problems The new tax has proved to be a banana skin for the government. See also: skin |
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The Portuguese brought them from Africa to the Canary Islands in the 1400's, by the next century they made their way to the West Indies, and within another hundred years Central and South American farmers had begun to cultivate banana plants. Following her apprehensively down the incline amid a stand of banana plants whose leaves flapped like elephant's ears in the wind, I found myself in the middle of a small tropical wood. Tucked into an upscale shopping square, the Silver has an all-white interior with myriad Tivoli lights cleverly wound around ceiling sprinkler pipes and the trunks of banana plants. |
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