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glangdale
on Aug 6, 2018
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I’m a very slow thinker (2016)
Also relevant: the French have a great phrase for this -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27esprit_de_l%27escalier
remarkEon
on Aug 6, 2018
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Ha. Remembering that one. Is there something about the French language that lends itself more easily to great wit and very usable idioms?
daveFNbuck
on Aug 6, 2018
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There'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.
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