banana skin vs bone in the throat

banana skin

noun
  • A cause of difficulty, or potential embarrassment. 

  • The outer skin of a banana, especially once removed from the rest of the banana, which may be slippery if stepped on. 

bone in the throat

noun
  • A source of continuing annoyance; a hindrance. 

How often have the words banana skin and bone in the throat occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )