Sentences with phrase «one's wits about someone»

The one where he beats his science, no wait now he's a philosophy professor in a battle of wits about God?

Marv has this constant dry wit about him.

yawn... nothing half witted about the assessment of first half performance indeed of two thirds of this game... what exactly was impressing you wenger lovers about the way walcott ox giroud took on one of the worst defences in the epl..

Fey writes with her usual sharp wit about many aspects of being a woman and a mother, including how she manages the work / life balance that so many working moms struggle with, and what it's like to be a successful female in an industry dominated by men.

But thankfully, there is enough of a dark wit about the situation, and an honest to goodness likeability factor with the protagonists, that it is very easy to share their pain.

The movie was adapted from an Icelandic comedy called «Either Way,» and when it's not indulging in name - calling between its leads, it has a dry Scandinavian wit about it.

We speak to Oscar - winning director Michaël Dudok de Wit about his feature debut, collaborating with Studio Ghibli and finding the film's identity.

I had enough wits about me to file those pages away and let them gestate.

Magicka 2 has a certain wit about it, like Not a Hero, that players will find comical and enjoyable while they are ridding the world of evil.

There's nothing dim - witted about trusting experts.

Much like real life, you can protect yourself on the internet by keeping your wits about you and viewing anything even mildly suspicious with a healthy dose of skepticism.

Keep your wits about you and treat every post with a significant degree of scrutiny.

But now that we know the game, it's up to all of us to keep our wits about us.

The research for this one is less clear cut, but if you're facing a potentially tough negotiation or other situation where you need to keep your wits about you, spot lies, and counter manipulation, stony - faced determination is probably better than smiles.

Even if it costs more, it can be better to arrive later, get a good night's sleep and get to business the next day with your wits about you.

So... I think you're forced to use our system if you have your wits about you... Warren and I once reached the decision, we wouldn't pay more than X dollars for something and the man who was a subordinate to both of us who was working on it just said, «You guys are out of your minds.

No matter what foolishness is done as a result of political foolishness that is said, people tend to keep their wits about them and get through hard times, sometimes thereby averting truly hard times for all in the process.

This is not to say I don't have my wits about me (although sometimes this could be true), it's to say that I enjoy things that need to be dipped into sauces and creamy goodness.

We have to do what we can to keep our wits about us when the weather begs us to lose our minds!

A coach needs to gather not only his wits about him but four or five fine Yankee athletes as well, to get through the schedule with hide and pride intact.

i would rather urge the team to have their wits about them, to be bold and to be aware they are privileged to be playing at the highest level at one of the bests clubs in the world so its time to be committed AND repay the fans who follow the club through the wind and rain the good times and bad.

I remember being afraid that the team would let their foot up in round one 2016 against the Rangers, but they kept their wits about them and methodically dismantled them.

The scene where the mom feels so disillusioned and tired of scrambling to make things work and keep her wits about her felt too close to home.

This is an instance where you really need your wits about you.

I do know as I struggled with dealing with Autism it was her voice in my head that helped me (and still helps) keep my wits about me.

Even if you don't ever buy or read a baby book, the chances are, if you have your wits about you and you keep in regular contact with your pediatrics clinic, you'll raise a very healthy and happy child.

I would say, that the gusseted pattern is likely to be a challenge for the novice sewer - you need to have your wits about you to sew with PUL, elastic, and stretch and non-stretch materials together.

I wanted to have my wits about me.»

As long as they use these tips and keep their wits about them, they should travel safely every time.

My daughter was screaming and I started to cry and after I got my wits about me (because I was in SHOCK) I called her on her cell phone and said bring her back now.

Everybody with their wits about them knows this ACTUALLY means, «Rob from the sick, elderly and vulnerable and give to the tory - supporting rich.»

So it's a good job the Wakefield MP had her wits about her as the Mirror's Kevin Maguire chucked an unexpected question her way at the GMB Labour leadership hustings.

«Those receiving their results today will sadly have to keep their wits about them and avoid the temptation to panic as they seek to navigate through the chaos and confusion left for them by ministers who, unlike many of the students receiving their results, have failed to do their sums properly.»

Each chapter has a wealth of advice about job hunting, self - assessment, networking, and just keeping your wits about you.

We very clearly demonstrated that you can not,» he says — if you keep your wits about you.

We need our wits about us, our ducks in a row, and our affairs more in order.

Staying alive as this once - frozen world turns to slush means keeping your wits about you and gleaning information about the environment from every available source, including the radio, the retreating ice, or your whaler uncle, Joe.

In other words, he has his wits about him.

But we'll still need to keep our wits about us.

«We're willing to spend a lot of money on being healthy, but we've got to keep our wits about us,» says Mary Hunt, author of Live Your Life for Half the Price.

Try to keep your wits about you, especially in the early stages of the relationship.

Don't be a plum pudding this year: keep your wits about you by grabbing a few little luxuries to ensure the Christmas magic keeps going.

Once I got my wits about me, I decided to use an egg donor.

Like Macaroni Grill, this Italian eatery has great - for - you options, as long as you keep your wits about you (again, avoid the baked pastas!).