"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.
Idiome