don't buy green bananas
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Refers to the time that it takes green bananas to ripen and be edible.
Proverb[edit]
- (humorous) Don't make long-term plans, as you may not live/survive long enough to accomplish them.
- 2010, Norman Molesko, Retiring and Senior Living...Experiencing the Second Half of Life:
- I don't buy green bananas anymore. I only buy one yellow banana, for I may not be around tomorrow.
- 2010, Susan Lynn Meyer, Skating with the Statue of Liberty:
- "I'm so old, I don't buy green bananas!" "Don't say that, Granma! You're not so old..."