collect (one's) wits Идиома

at my wits' end

very tired and nervous, at the end of my rope After a wedding and a funeral she was at her wits' end.

match wits

compete with someone's wit or humor Don't try to match wits with Pat. He has a reply for everything.

live by/on one's wits

live by dishonest means 靠行骗为生；靠小聪明过日子
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

live on one's wits

out of one's wits

1．mad发疯
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

stupid；dull愚笨
He is somewhat slow in his wits．他有点笨。

keep one's wits about one

Idiom(s): keep one's wits about one

Theme: 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 sb

Theme: 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 wits

Theme: 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.

collect (one's) wits

To try to calm oneself and anticipate acutely and rationally. Take a moment to aggregate your wits, afresh acquaint us how the blow happened.Learn more: collect, wit

collect your wits

gather your wits

LITERARYIf you collect your wits or gather your wits, you accomplish an accomplishment to ascendancy yourself and become calm again, afterwards a alarming or abominable experience. I took a abysmal animation and approved to accumulate my wits. The account was so abominable that I was hardly able to booty it in. Sinking into a covering armchair, I attempted to aggregate my acquaintance and adjudge what on apple I was activity to acquaint Lucy.Learn more: collect, wit

collect/gather your ˈwits

try to become calm and anticipate clearly: After such a shock I begin it difficult to accumulate my wits.Learn more: collect, gather, wit

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