| 释义 |
live by one's witsEarn money by clever and sometimes dishonest means, having no regular employment: he lived by his wits and was involved with many shady characters...- They didn't kill anyone and lived by their wits.
- As an impecunious artist myself, I have indeed had to learn to live by my wits, and by whatever sparse and sporadic income I can glean from my paintings.
- Like a kid who has to live by his wits, but might get jumped any minute for being too smart for his own good, he knows the only strategy that's really going to save him in the end is authenticity and wisdom.
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