"wit" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

wit sustantivo

sustantivo + wit

Kolokacji: 6

rapier wit • acid wit • De Wit • Antoni Wit • trademark wit • ...

wit + verbo

Kolokacji: 4

wit makes • wit comes • wit helps • wit begins

verbo + wit

Kolokacji: 17

keep one's wits • use one's wits • lose one's wits • match wits • know for one's wit • ...

Kolokacji: 6

Grup znaczeniowych: 4

Kolokacji: 6

(2) use, display, show, give

Kolokacji: 4

(3) lose, miss, regain

Kolokacji: 3

(4) know, live, need, rely

Kolokacji: 4

1. know for one's wit = wiedzieć dla czyjś poczucie humoru know for one's wit

2. live by one's wits = przeżyć dzięki sprytowi, zarabiać na życie dzięki sprytowi live by one's wits

"Since we're not a big production company, we have to live by our wits."
He was on the outside of everything, living by his wits in a country that offered little room for it.
He has lived by his wits as the saying goes.
She had lived by her wits for too long to ignore his reaction.
Then they will still be able to look down on me, as a man who lives by his wits.
I have been living by my wits for a long time now.
We must live by our wits and resources: none of the old rules applied.
He hadn't lived so long by his own wits without learning a thing or two about sickness.
You heard me say yesterday that I proposed to live by my wits.
The Cardinals hit only 94, and had to live by their wits.

3. need one's wits = potrzeba czyjś dowcipy need one's wits

4. rely on one's wits = opierać się czyjś dowcipy rely on one's wits

adjetivo + wit

Kolokacji: 57

quick wit • dry wit • sharp wit • sly wit • great wit • ...

preposición + wit

Kolokacji: 12

to wit • of wit • with wit • for one's wit • out of one's wits • ...

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