My young neighbors were very ambitious. Check out their giant snowman! He's like 6 ft. tall! If you can't tell, those are oranges for the eyes and slices of cucumber make up the mouth. Giant! I'm glad they are enjoying our piles of snow.
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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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Those eyes look like they should glow at night. Does he have teeth??
Posted by: Jennifer | February 08, 2010 at 06:09 AM