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.
The French have a phrase "The Spirit Of The Stairway" (In French: Esprit d'Escalier). It means the moment when you find the answer, but it's too late.
You're at a party and someone insults you. You have to say something. So under pressure, with everybody watching, you say something lame. But the moment you leave the party?
As you start down the stairway, then - magic. You come up with the perfect thing you should've said. The perfect crippling put-down. That's the spirit of the stairway.
Being tricked into a service that robs you, unknowingly signing on to something because you think it is a good deal only to find yourself penniless and hungry wishing you had chosen Delta.
Tyler: John I just got a truck offcraigslist for $200
John: That's awesome, how does it run?
Tyler: It only came with the steering wheel.
John: Oh shit boy you just got spirit airlined!
That woman plays more tricks than a Spirit Airline's stewardess.