Sentences with phrase «present second banana»

Under a scenario conjured by my perhaps too - lively imagination, if not premature expectations — I'd be the first to buy Hein a ticket to Albany — Hein's statewide summer speaking campaign was seen by me as a launching pad for a possible nomination for lieutenant governor, assuming Slaughter retires to allow the present second banana, Bob Duffy of Rochester, to run for Congress.

Not exact matches

The Gunners got the most favourable draw of the competition or the second consecutive round, having beaten fellow non-league side Sutton in the previous round, but despite our severe dominance in ability, this looks like a potential banana skin at present.

Encore (1988) presents an appropriated image of Tim Conway, a second rate comedian of the era, reluctantly holding a giant banana as a prop from a sight gag.