banana skin vs scare

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. 

scare

noun
  • A minor fright. 

  • A cause of slight terror; something that inspires fear or dread. 

  • A device or object used to frighten. 

adj
  • lean; scanty 

verb
  • To frighten, terrify, startle, especially in a minor way. 

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