Meanings (ES + gloss)
espíritu del escalador • ingenio de la escalera
The phenomenon when a conversational rejoinder or remark only occurs to someone after the opportunity to make it has passed.
I flashed on Nancy again. The French had a word for everything: even for that thing you wished you'd said. L'esprit de l'escalier. The wit of the staircase. What I wished I'd said…
Some last thoughts in l'esprit de l'escalier—afterthoughts descending the stairwell as one remembers things unsaid.
Phrases
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