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L'esprit de l'escalier

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(Noun) Literally "the wit of the stair," this AWESOME phrase describes the comebacks we all have as we walk away from the situation where they should have been delivered--hence the "stair." Learn it. Use it. Become enviable.
Usage: I couldn't think of a good comeback at the time, but l'esprit de l'escalier was, "scratching could not make it worse, an'twere such a face as yours were (Much Ado About Nothing, Act I Scene 1)."


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