English · Idiom Candidate

top banana

Proposed by a contributor, not yet supported by evidence.

Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

The most important or high-ranking person

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

người quan trọng nhất hoặc có cấp bậc cao nhất

Machine-translated — suggest a fix

Literally: leading banana

Where it’s used: Used Widespread English

Examples

Erm, great job, thanks a lot, unreal, nice one, topper, you're a star, champion, thanks for doing that for me, and this one was a bit disputed, but we had top banana at the end.

British National Corpus sentence via the MAGPIE corpus (CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)

Sources & notes

Listed in Wiktionary’s “English idioms” category (retrieved 2026-07-29); definition pending editorial review. Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-07-31; pending editor spot-check.

Topics: Food

Common questions

What does “top banana” mean?

The most important or high-ranking person Literally: leading banana

Is “top banana” formal or informal?

No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.

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