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āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
second banana
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Second banana
01
āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻ˛āĻž, āĻāĻāĻāĻ¨ āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻž āĻ¯āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻāĻāĻ¨ āĻā§āĻ¤ā§āĻāĻžāĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¸āĻžāĻŦā§ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
a performer who acts as stooge to a comedian
02
āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻ˛āĻž, āĻ¨āĻŽā§āĻŦāĻ° āĻĻā§āĻ
an individual who is not as important or influential as someone else in an organization
Idiom
Informal
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The quarterback is the star of the team, but the offensive coordinator is the second banana.
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āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
