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second banana
Language:
Meanings:
1.
United States
United Kingdom
informal
colloquial
A comedian who performs in a subordinate or supporting role to the principal comic, often acting as a foil or straight man.
A performer who takes the secondary part in a comedy duo, troupe, or revue.
2.
United States
United Kingdom
informal
colloquial
A person who occupies a subordinate, less prominent, or supporting position to another; a deputy, sidekick, or second-in-command in any field.
Someone who accepts or is relegated to a background or subordinate role rather than the leading position.
Examples:
EN:
I'm not buying it, Higgins. You as a second banana in a military dictatorship.
ES:
No lo creo, Higgins. ¿Tú, como ladero de un dictador bananero?
EN:
I shouldn't be second banana.
ES:
No voy a ser la segunda banana.
EN:
I just hate being second banana on this show.
ES:
-Odio ser segundo plato en el show...
EN:
See what a great second banana you were?
ES:
¿Has visto qué buen asistente eres?
EN:
It would have been a tragedy had that second banana split. It's 5:30.
ES:
Habría sido una tragedia que el asistente se hubiera ido.
EN:
Here I am, in the peak of my form playing second banana to some sort of harebrain....
ES:
Aquí estoy, en mi mejor forma jugando a ser el lacayo de un animal orejudo.
EN:
I'm a 37-year-old bachelor who's a career second banana.
ES:
Soy un soltero de 37 años que está atascado en su carrera.
EN:
I don't always want to be second banana.
ES:
No quiero ser siempre la segunda.
EN:
So then, the second banana says...
ES:
Y la segunda banana dijo:
EN:
That's what the second banana said.
ES:
Eso es lo que dijo la segunda.
EN:
But... what's a second banana?
ES:
¿Cuál es la segunda banana?
EN:
The second banana is the fellow who sets up the jokes for the first banana.
ES:
Es quien cuenta los chistes a la primera,
EN:
I could make you a second banana just like that.
ES:
¡Podrías ser una segunda banana, así!
EN:
The week before, no second banana.
ES:
La semana anterior, 3sin segundo plátano.
EN:
Come, second banana. Into the chair.
ES:
Ande, segundón, siéntese en la silla.
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