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  • [es-pree de less-ka/-iay] (idiom) A witty remark that occurs to you too late, literally on the way down the stairs. The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations defines esprit de l'escalier as, "An untranslatable phrase, the meaning of which is that one only thinks on one's way downstairs of the smart retort one might have made in the drawing room."

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November 04, 2009

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Jennifer

Love them all, but especially the Steps Up!

Kathleen Maher

I'm with Jennifer. The steps are magic.
When I saw the title here 'Roid Week, guess what I thought? Claire's writing about steroids?
Thank goodness, not.

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