live by your wits Idiom, Proverb
at my wits' end
match wits
live by/on one's wits
Unable to get a job when he left school，the boy lived by his wits and in the end turned to crime．这个男孩毕业以后找不到工作，靠行骗过日子，结果犯了罪。
live by one's wits
Unable to get a job when he left school，the boy lived by his wits and in the end turned to crime．这个男孩毕业以后找不到工作，靠行骗过日子，结果犯了罪。
live on one's wits
Unable to get a job when he left school，the boy lived by his wits and in the end turned to crime．这个男孩毕业以后找不到工作，靠行骗过日子，结果犯了罪。
out of one's wits
He is out of his wits．他疯了。
His provocative remark nearly drove me out of my wits．他的挑衅性的话简直把我气疯了。
2．greatly upset不知所措
He was frightened out of his wits．他被吓得不知如何是好。
The enemy，scared out of their wits，were routed，and all of us laughed for joy．敌人吓得惊慌失措，溃不成军，而我们却高兴得放声大笑。
slow in one's wits
He is somewhat slow in his wits． 他有点笨。
keep one's wits about one
Idiom(s): keep one's wits about oneTheme: SURVIVAL
to keep one's mind operating in a time of stress.
• If Jane hadn't kept her wits about her during the fire, things would have been much worse.
• I could hardly keep my wits about me.
frighten the wits out of
Idiom(s): frighten the wits out of sb AND frighten the living daylights out of sb; scare the living daylights out of sb; scare the wits out of sbTheme: FRIGHT
to frighten someone very badly. (The living can be left out.)
• We nearly had an accident. It frightened the living daylights out of me.
• The incident scared the wits out of me.
frighten one out of one's wits
Idiom(s): frighten one out of one's wits AND scare one out of one's witsTheme: FRIGHT
to frighten one very badly.
• Oh! That loud noise scared me out of my wits.
• I'll give him a good scolding and frighten him out of his wits.
live by/on (one's) wits
To survive or accomplish a active through one's ability and resourcefulness. When I absent everything, I had to alive by my wits, and it fabricated me a stronger, added adeptness person.Learn more: by, live, on, witlive by your wits
acquire money by able and sometimes backbiting means, accepting no approved occupation.Learn more: by, live, witlive by/on your ˈwits
acquire money by able or sometimes backbiting means: Patrick did not go to college, as expected, but abstruse to alive actual auspiciously on his wits.Learn more: by, live, on, wit
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