have your wits about you

释义

1. 牛津电影里 100%

   时刻保持头脑冷静；随机应变

   to be aware of what is happening around you and ready to think and act quickly

电影里这样说 · 5 部

• Keep your wits about you, Michael.Arthur the King2024
• Keep your wits about you And you stand on top!Les Misérables: 25th Anniversary in Concert2010
• you will witness some frightful wonders in this room, so please to keep your wits about you.The Crucible2014
• Got to have your wits about you.Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone2001

在完整场景里学

• 冠军亚瑟2024
  • 退潮搁浅全队争执：own worst enemy（自己最大的敌人）
  • 复出前四处拉赞助：stuck in the mud（陷在泥里）
  • 讲吃苦的本事拉赞助：have what it takes（有那份本事）
• 萨勒姆的女巫2014
  • 为女巫流言逼问侄女：at stake（岌岌可危）
  • 招魂后指认女巫：conjure up（召唤亡灵）
  • 威胁女孩们封口：breathe a word（走漏半点风声）

同一词条的短语

• be at your wits' end
• be frightened out of your wits
• to wit
• live by your wits