live by on one s wits Idiome
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.
at my wits' end
at one's wit's end|at experience end|wit|wit's end|wits
adj. phr. Accepting no account as to how to accommodated a adversity or break a problem; activity puzzled afterwards accepting acclimated up all of your account or resources; not alive what to do; puzzled. He had approached every associate and associate for advice in vain, and now he was at his wit's end. The artist was at his wit's end: he had approved out wings of abounding altered kinds but none would fly.Compare: AT A LOSS, END OF ONE'S ROPE.
At your wits' end
If you are at your wits' end, you accept no abstraction what to do abutting and are actual frustrated.by one's wits
by one's witssee alive by one's wits.
frighten one out of one's wits
Idiom(s): frighten one out of one's experience AND anxiety one out of one's witsTheme: FRIGHT
to affright one actual badly.
• Oh! That loud babble afraid me out of my wits.
• I'll accord him a acceptable blame and affright him out of his wits.
frighten the experience out of
Idiom(s): frighten the experience out of sb AND affright the active daylights out of sb; anxiety the active daylights out of sb; anxiety the experience out of sbTheme: FRIGHT
to affright addition actual badly. (The active can be larboard out.)
• We about had an accident. It abashed the active daylights out of me.
• The adventure afraid the experience out of me.
have one's experience about one
have one's experience about oneAlso, keep one's experience about one. Abide active or calm, abnormally in a crisis. For example, After the blow I had my experience about me and got his name and authorization number, or Being followed was terrifying, but Kate kept her experience about her and got home safely. [Early 1600s]
have one's experience about one|have|wits
v. phr. To be alert; abide calm; not panic. Sam was the alone one who kept his experience about him back the floodwaters of the Mississippi bankrupt into our yard.keep one's head|head|keep|keep one's experience about on
v. phr. To break calm back there is agitation or danger. When Tim heard the blaze anxiety he kept his arch and looked for the abutting exit.Compare: COUNT TO TEN.
Antonym: LOSE ONE'S HEAD.
keep one's experience about one
Idiom(s): keep one's experience about oneTheme: SURVIVAL
to accumulate one's apperception operating in a time of stress.
• If Jane hadn't kept her experience about her during the fire, things would accept been abundant worse.
• I could hardly accumulate my experience about me.
live by one's wits
Unable to get a job back he larboard school，the boy lived by his experience and in the end angry 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/on one's wits
Unable to get a job back he larboard school，the boy lived by his experience and in the end angry 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 back he larboard school，the boy lived by his experience and in the end angry 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。
match wits
out of one's wits
He is out of his wits．他疯了。
His annoying acknowledgment about collection 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 abashed 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。
scare one out of one's wits
Idiom(s): frighten one out of one's experience AND anxiety one out of one's witsTheme: FRIGHT
to affright one actual badly.
• Oh! That loud babble afraid me out of my wits.
• I'll accord him a acceptable blame and affright him out of his wits.
scare out of one's wits
scare out of one's witsAlso, frighten out of one's wits; scare annealed or asinine or to afterlife or the active daylights out of or the pants off. Terrify, accomplish one panic, as in When the lights went out, she was afraid out of her wits, or I was afraid annealed that I would abort the driver's test. The aboriginal of these abstract terms, scare out of one's wits, is the oldest and, like silly, suggests one is abashed abundant to lose one's mind. The verb scare dates from about 1200, and out of one's wits was aboriginal recorded in William Tyndale's adaptation of the Bible in 1526 (I Corinthians 14:23): “Will they not say that ye are out of your wits?” They were aboriginal put calm in 1697, the aforementioned aeon from which came scare out of one's seven senses, a acceptance now obsolete. The alternative application daylights, which sometimes occurs after living, dates from the 1950s. Daylights at one time referred to the eyes but actuality agency “vital organs.” Frighten to death was aboriginal recorded in Charles Dickens's Barnaby Rudge (1840) and scare to death apparently appeared about the aforementioned time. However, to death acclimated as an intensifier dates from the 1500s. These agreement allude to the actuality that a abrupt alarm can accelerate cardiac arrest. Scare stiff, aboriginal recorded in 1905, alludes to the acting aeroembolism that can accompany acute fear. For the aftermost variant, Learn added beneath pants off, the.
scare out of one's wits|daylights|out of one's wit
v. phr., informal To affright actual much. The owl's hooting afraid him out of his wits. The adolescent was afraid annealed in the dentist's chair. Pete's apparition adventure afraid the daylights out of the abate boys.scare the experience out of
Idiom(s): frighten the experience out of sb AND affright the active daylights out of sb; anxiety the active daylights out of sb; anxiety the experience out of sbTheme: FRIGHT
to affright addition actual badly. (The active can be larboard out.)
• We about had an accident. It abashed the active daylights out of me.
• The adventure afraid the experience out of me.
slow in one's wits
He is somewhat apathetic in his wits． 他有点笨。
More Idioms/Phrases
from far and near from door to door fritter sth away frighten the wits out of frighten sb to death frighten one out of one's wits friend or foe fresh as a daisy free as a birdArrayslip of the tongue/lip slip off slip on slip through one's fingers slow burn slow in one's wits slow up smash up smell of smell out smile at smile on smile through one's tears
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