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Also relevant: the French have a great phrase for this - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27esprit_de_l%27escalier https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27esprit_de_l%
by glangdale 8y ago
Also relevant: the French have a great phrase for this - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27esprit_de_l%27escalier https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27esprit_de_l%27escalier
- remarkEon 8y agoHa. Remembering that one. Is there something about the French language that lends itself more easily to great wit and very usable idioms?
- daveFNbuck 8y agoThere's nothing language-specific about that idiom. In English, it's staircase wit. It should work in most languages as long as you have the story to go with it.