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The modern French phrase is "à double sens". in lieu (of) "in place (of)"; partially translated from the existing French phrase au lieu (de). léger de main (legerdemain) "light of hand": sleight of hand, usually in the context of deception or the art of stage magic tricks. Meaningless in French; the equivalent is un tour de passe-passe ...
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As for "staircase wit", the OED attributes the French phrase to Diderot (our distinguished French predecessor in the encyclopedia biz) in his Paradoxe sur le comédien and gives the form as esprit de l'escalier or esprit d'escalier, with the definition "a retort or remark that occurs to a person after the opportunity to make it has passed".
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