live by your wits

live by/on (one's) wits

To survive or make a living through one's intellect and resourcefulness. When I lost everything, I had to live by my wits, and it made me a stronger, more savvy person.

live by your wits

earn money by clever and sometimes dishonest means, having no regular occupation.

live by/on your ˈwits

earn money by clever or sometimes dishonest means: Patrick did not go to college, as expected, but learned to live very successfully on his wits.

See also: by, live, on, wit

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live by/on (one's) wits
live by/on your wits
by (one's) wits
by one's wits
have one's wits about one, to
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match wits
match wits (with one)

References in periodicals archive

To survive and compete as a footballer in Liverpool, you have to be extremely talented and live by your wits. It makes you ready-made for international football.

Attack is best form of defence for Lions

You have to live by your wits: flowers are ordered in advance but they may only arrive from Holland two days before a wedding.

step FORWARD

Each place you visit is different to the last and you will soon learn to live by your wits, bargain hard and, most importantly, laugh at the infuriating bureaucracy left by the Raj and loved, out of all proportion, by the Indians.

YOUNG SCOT; Indian SUMMER

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