[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 is Miss Mookie. She's a sweetie. She belongs to my friend Cat, who I've been running with in the mornings. This is from Memorial Day weekend, and Mookie was trying to beat the heat. Isn't she cute?
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