mot d'esprit

C'est un mot d'esprit qui, comme tous les mots d'esprit, contient un brin de vérité.
It is a witticism which, like all witticisms, contains a grain of truth.
Il n'a jamais un mot d'esprit. Pas un seul.
I've never heard him say one thing of wit.
C'est le seul mot d'esprit de ta part que je souhaite entendre sur ce sujet.
That's all the cleverness on that subject I'm inclined to hear from you.
Ce mot d'esprit vous a pris cinq ans d'etude à la fac de medecine , n'est ce pas ?
That's witty Took you five years at medical school to learn that, did it?
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