second banana
The English word “second banana” has 2 meanings listed here.
noun
- A comedian who plays a secondary or supporting role, especially as straight man and traditionally in vaudeville or burlesque theatre.
- A person who serves in a supporting, secondary, or subsidiary capacity; an assistant.
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