wits

English - Turkish

Definition of wits in English Turkish dictionary

fikir

Tom onun fikirlerinden korkuyordu. - Tom was scared out of his wits.

wit

ince zekâ

Ben senin ince zekana sahip değilim. - I don't have your wit.

wit

ince espri

İnce espri konuşmaya lezzet verir. - Wit gives zest to conversation.

O kitabı yazan kişi hem mizah hem de ince espriye sahiptir, değil mi? - The person who wrote that book is possessed of both humour and wit, isn't he?

wit

nükte

Tom her zaman nükte yapıyor. - Tom is always making witty remarks.

Eski arkadaşının fişini çekerken, herkes ölür dedi genellikle nükteci doktor. - Everybody dies, said the usually witty doctor as he pulled the plug on his old friend.

Çılgınlık yapmadan yaşayan insan düşündüğü kadar akıllı değildir. - Who lives without folly is not so wise as he thinks.

Tom seninle dövüşmeyecek kadar akıllıdır. - Tom knows better than to fight with you.

{f} öğrenmek

Şirketiniz öncelikli olarak Amerika ile iş yapıyorsa, o zaman Amerikalı bir yerli ile İngilizce öğrenmek zorunda kalırsınız. - If your company primarily does business with America, then you should be studying English with a native speaker from America.

Doktor Tom'a acıyla birlikte yaşamayı öğrenmek zorunda kalacağını söyledi. - The doctor told Tom he'd just have to learn to live with the pain.

wit

{f} farkında ol

O farkında olmadan Tom'un arka kapısında sızdım. - I just snuck in Tom's back door without him noticing.

Farkında olmadan tam yanımdan geçti. - She passed right by me without noticing.

{i} zeki kimse

{f} bilmek

Gelecek hafta sonu bizimle balık tutmaya gidebilip gidemeyeceğini bilmek istiyorum. - I want to know if you can go fishing with us next weekend.

Bu gece kiminle çıkacağını bilmek istiyorum. - I want to know who you're going out with tonight.

wit

espritüellik

wit

{f} yâni

Yani sonuçta, Web'i dil öğrenmede daha iyi bir yer yapmak için biz Tatoeba ile sadece temelleri inşa ediyoruz. - So ultimately, with Tatoeba we are only building the foundations… to make the Web a better place for language learning.

Yani benim fikrimin nesi var? - So what's wrong with my idea?

get scared out of one's wits

üç buçuk atmak

wit

zekâ

Ortalama zekada birisi bunu anlayabilir. - A person with average intelligence would understand that.

Ben senin ince zekana sahip değilim. - I don't have your wit.

wit

fikir

at one's wits end

ne yapacağını şaşırmış

at one's wits end

şaşkın

frighten one out of one's wits

yüreğini oynatmak

get one's wits about one

kafasını toplamak

have one's wits about one

dikkatli ve mantıklı olmak

have one's wits about one

kıvrak

wit

anlayış

Bazı normlarla ilgili temel bir anlayış olmadan, iletişim mümkün değildir. - Without a basic understanding of certain norms, communication is impossible.

İyi bir espri anlayışı zor dönemlerle başa çıkmana yardımcı olacaktır. - A good sense of humor will help you deal with hard times.

at one's wits end

eli ayağına dolaşmış, ne yapacağını/diyeceğini şaşırmış, şaşkın

be at one´s wits´/wit´s end

k. dili ne yapacağını şaşırmak

frighten s.o. out of his/her wits/frighten the wits out of s.o

birinin odunu koparmak/patlatmak

get one´s wits about one

aklını başına toplamak

have one's wits about one

bak

have/keep one's wits about one

kıvrak, dikkatli ve mantıklı olmak

he has quick wits

o çabuk fikir var

i am at my wits end.

benim fikir sonunda duyuyorum

im at my wits end.

benim fikir sonunda im

keep one´s wits about one. How about ...?

1. -e ne dersin/dersiniz?: How about a game of tennis? Tenis oynamaya ne dersin? 2. -den ne haber? How about Çetin? What´s he doing? Çetin´den ne haber? Ne yapıyor? 3. -e/-i ne yapacağız/yapmalıyız? How about that damp basement? O rutubetli bodruma ne yapacağız? 4. ... hakkında/için ne düşünüyorsun/düşünüyorsunuz?: How about Ayşe´s plan? Ayşe´nin planı hakkında ne düşünüyorsun?

lose so.'s wits

kaybetmek çok. 's fikir

scare s.o. out of his/her wits/scare the wits out of s.o

birinin odunu koparmak/patlatmak

scare someone out of their wits

birini çok feci korkutmakbirinin üç buçuk atması, donuna etmesi

set so.'s wits to work

set çok. 's fikir çalışmak

wit

farkında ol(mak)

at one's wits' end

(deyim) saskina donmus,ne yapacagini bilmez durumda

be at one's wits' end

zeki kimsene yapacağını şaşırmak

get one's wits about

aklını başına toplamak

have one's wits about

kafası yerinde olmak, doğru dürüst düşünebilmek. have one's work cut out k.dili. (birinin) önünde zor bir iş olmak

have one's wits about one

tetikte olmak

have wits

(deyim) have one's wits about one paniğe kapılmamak,kendine hakim olmak,durumu hemen kavramak,tatikte bulunmak

keep one's wits about

-e ne dersin/dersiniz?: How about a game of tennis? Tenis oynamaya ne dersin?

keep one's wits about

-den ne haber? How about Çetin? What's he doing? Çetin'den

keep one's wits about one

durumu hemen kavramak

live by one's wits

(geçinmek için) uyanık ve kurnaz olmak

live by one's wits

her türlü yola basvurarak geçinmek

senses

{i} akıl

senses

{i} zekâ

senses

{i} us

to be at one's wits end

eli ayağı dolaşmak

English - English

Definition of wits in English English dictionary: senses; plural form of wit; the basic human power of intelligent thought and perception; "he used his wits to get ahead"; "I was scared out of my wits"; "he still had all his marbles and was in full possession of a lively mind; {i} soundness of mind; sane mental faculties; sanity; cleverness and ability to think quickly; plural of wit
wits' end: Limit of one's sanity or mental capacity; point of desperation
Comic Faces Starvation as Gag Men Near Wits' End, The New Yorker, July 8.
collect one's wits: Alternative form of collect one's thoughts
gather one's wits: Alternative form of collect one's thoughts
have one's wits about one: To remain calm, composed, or aware
It is important for emergency responders to have their wits about them at all times.
scare out of one's wits: To frighten someone to such an extent that they behave irrationally
He scared me out of my wits, sneaking up behind me in the dark, like that.
wit: Intelligence; common sense
The opportunity was right in front of you, and you didn't even have the wit to take it!.
wit: Intellectual ability; faculty of thinking, reasoning
Where she has gone to is beyond the wit of man to say.
wit: Sanity
He's gone completely out of his wits.
wit: The ability to think quickly; mental cleverness, especially under short time constraints
My father had a quick wit and a steady hand.
wit: Know, be aware of
She looked through these to God and was God’s priest.
wit: Spoken humour, especially when clever or quick
The best man's speech was hilarious, full of wit and charm.
wit: The senses
wit: a witty amusing person who makes jokes
wit: {v} to know, understand, blame
wit: {n} a man of genius, quickness of fancy understanding, sense, judgement
scare someone out of their wits: to be scared out of one's mind
at his wits end: out of patience, at a loss, exasperated, frustrated
battle of wits: a contest in which intelligence rather than violence is used
live by one's wits: earn money by scheming, earn a living through artifice
out of one's wits: crazy, insane, out of one's mind
wit: Wit is the ability to use words or ideas in an amusing, clever, and imaginative way. Boulding was known for his biting wit
wit: To know; to learn
wit: If you say that someone has the wit to do something, you mean that they have the intelligence and understanding to make the right decision or take the right action in a particular situation. The information is there and waiting to be accessed by anyone with the wit to use it. = sense
wit: If you pit your wits against someone, you compete against them in a test of knowledge or intelligence. He has to pit his wits against an adversary who is cool, clever and cunning
wit: a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
wit: {f} know (Archaic)
wit: Mind; intellect; understanding; sense
wit: A person who tells funny anecdotes or jokes; someone witty
wit: the power of readily combining objects in such a manner
wit: You can refer to your ability to think quickly and cleverly in a difficult situation as your wits. She has used her wits to progress to the position she holds today
wit: A mental faculty, or power of the mind; used in this sense chiefly in the plural, and in certain phrases; as, to lose one's wits; at one's wits' end, and the like
wit: A person of eminent sense or knowledge; a man of genius, fancy, or humor; one distinguished for bright or amusing sayings, for repartee, and the like
wit: If you describe someone as a wit, you mean that they have the ability to use words or ideas in an amusing, clever, and imaginative way. Holmes was gregarious, a great wit, a man of wide interests
wit: Felicitous association of objects not usually connected, so as to produce a pleasant surprise; also
wit: emphasis If you say that you are at your wits' end, you are emphasizing that you are so worried and exhausted by problems or difficulties that you do not know what to do next. We row a lot and we never have time on our own. I'm at my wit's end
wit: If you have your wits about you or keep your wits about you, you are alert and ready to act in a difficult situation. Travellers need to keep their wits about them
wit: The ability to think quickly; mental cleverness, especially wittiness
wit: mental ability; "he's got plenty of brains but no common sense"
wit: emphasis You can use wits in expressions such as frighten someone out of their wits and scare the wits out of someone to emphasize that a person or thing worries or frightens someone very much. You scared us out of our wits. We heard you had an accident
wit: To wit is used to indicate that you are about to state or describe something more precisely. He'd like `happiness' to be given a new and more scientifically descriptive label, to wit `Major affective disorder, pleasant type'. = namely
wit: {i} intellect; reason; cleverness; sharpness; one who is sharp