[A fact that is easy to forget, especially in unguarded moments.]

Huh? Oh, right, sorry. It's...wow, ok, every explanation I can think of for that idiom just leads me to another, harder-to-explain idiom.

[She just grins, shaking her head.]

You'll just have to trust me that it was meant as a compliment about how bold you are and we'll both hope that I'm better on a non-wine night.