[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."
Here's my brother in his "Alas, poor Yorick" pose... (His staging of the photo entirely. That's the scarf I just crocheted for him. Also his choice on color.)
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