The French have this phrase, l'esprit d'escalier. Literally, it translates as "the spirit of the staircase" but what it actually means is the things you think of to say after it’s already too late and you’re on your way out.
The spirit of the staircase was with me the whole walk home as I thought of better comebacks I should have said to him when we had that argument.
by Winnie Y November 5, 2006
Get the Spirit of the Staircase mug.(n.) a staircase that spirals round, with turning steps.
Idiom to describe a situation where the next step is not always clear, and a large amount of training in doing this is required.
Idiom to describe a situation where the next step is not always clear, and a large amount of training in doing this is required.
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The act of laying 2 girls on top of each other chest to chest spreading both their legs and eating them both out alternating them both top to bottom.
Guy 1: Yo what you do last night
Guy 2: O you know i just ate out Claire and Allison Staircase style. That shit was off the hook.
Guy 2: O you know i just ate out Claire and Allison Staircase style. That shit was off the hook.
by Theo Woodhard November 4, 2010
Get the Staircase Style mug.a conversation pattern in which the discourse appears to follow the laws of logic and reason, but, in fact, upon close examination of, or prolonged participation in...you get stuck like you do when you try to walk up a melting wax staircase.
often occurs when parties involved in conversation attempt to be more clever or witty than they actually are.
inspired by the melting wax staircase sequence in the "House of Wax" remake
often occurs when parties involved in conversation attempt to be more clever or witty than they actually are.
inspired by the melting wax staircase sequence in the "House of Wax" remake
after a 20 minute discussion about writing a play that would serve as an analogy for our current situation (in which we were unable to score some mushrooms), the metaphor was over-extended, and we found ourselves faced with the peril of a wax staircase
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