banana skin vs discomfort

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. 

discomfort

noun
  • Mental or bodily distress. 

  • Something that disturbs one’s comfort; an annoyance. 

verb
  • To cause annoyance or distress to. 

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