have one foot on a banana peel

English

Verb

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.
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