[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."
Beautiful. I want to know what bird was beyond the frame. Either that or Frank was listening to Vogue.
Posted by: Jennifer | May 05, 2010 at 05:52 PM