l'esprit d'escalier

English

Noun

l'esprit d'escalier (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of l'esprit de l'escalier
   • 2014, Christopher Fowler, Bryant & May and the Bleeding Heart (A Peculiar Crimes Unit Mystery), New York, N.Y.: Bantam Books, →ISBN, page 173:

     'That's understandable,' said May, 'we get it all the time. L'esprit d'escalier—remembering what you should have said too late.'