- live by your wits
- live by (your) wits
to exist by taking advantage of any opportunity you have.
Kids thrown on the streets with no family to support them have to live by their wits.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
live by your wits
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live by your wits — live by/on/your wits phrase to have no real job but make the money that you need by being clever or dishonest Thesaurus: to live in a particular wayhyponym Main entry: live * * * live by your ˈwits … Useful english dictionary
live by (your) wits — live by/on (your) wits to earn enough money to live by being clever or cheating people. A lot of these kids are thrown out onto the streets and they have to live by their wits … New idioms dictionary
live on (your) wits — live by/on (your) wits to earn enough money to live by being clever or cheating people. A lot of these kids are thrown out onto the streets and they have to live by their wits … New idioms dictionary
live on your wits — live by/on/your wits phrase to have no real job but make the money that you need by being clever or dishonest Thesaurus: to live in a particular wayhyponym Main entry: live … Useful english dictionary
live by — To order one s life according to (a principle, etc) • • • Main Entry: ↑live * * * ˈlive by [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they live by he/she/it lives by present participle … Useful english dictionary
live by wits — live by (your) wits to exist by taking advantage of any opportunity you have. Kids thrown on the streets with no family to support them have to live by their wits … New idioms dictionary
live — live1 W1S1 [lıv] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(in a place/home)¦ 2¦(plant/animal)¦ 3¦(at a particular time)¦ 4¦(be/stay alive)¦ 5¦(way of life)¦ 6¦(earn a living)¦ 7¦(exciting life)¦ 8¦(imagine something)¦ 9¦(be kept somewhere)¦ 10 … Dictionary of contemporary English
live — live1 [ lıv ] verb *** ▸ 1 be/stay alive ▸ 2 have home in place ▸ 3 have kind of life ▸ 4 keep alive certain way ▸ 5 continue to exist ▸ 6 have interesting life ▸ 7 be kept in certain place ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) intransitive to be or stay alive: She s … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
live — 1 verb IN A PLACE/TIME 1 IN A PLACE/HOME (intransitive always + adv/prep) to have your home in a particular place: live in/at/with/near etc: Where do you live? | We used to live in Bakersfield. | They have one daughter who still lives with them.… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
wits — n. 1) to collect one s wits 2) the wits to + inf. (he didn t have enough wits to realize what was happening) 3) (misc.) keep your wits about you! ( stay alert! ); to live by one s wits * * * to live by one s wits to collect one s wits (misc.)… … Combinatory dictionary
