صيغ مركبة:
wit | |
| الإنجليزية | العربية |
at wit's end,
at your wit's end,
at your wits' end adj | (upset, frustrated) | على أعصابه، متوتر |
| محبط |
| ملاحظة: Both positions of the apostrophe are in use: wit's and wits'. |
| Kathy was at her wit's end with worry when her son failed to come home from school. |
at wit's end,
at your wit's end,
at your wits' end adj | (unable to find a solution) | حائر، في حيرة من أمره |
| عاجز، عاجز تمامًا |
| Having spent three hours unsuccessfully trying to fix the photocopier, Dave was at his wit's end. |
| Brevity is the soul of wit expr | (speaking concisely) | خير الكلام ما قلّ ودلّ |
| النكات القصيرة هي الأحسن دائمًا |
| ملاحظة: "Brevity is the soul of wit" is a quotation from William Shakespeare's "Hamlet" |
| dry wit n | (ironic humour) | مزاح بمظهر جديّ |
| He had such a dry wit that sometimes it took me a while to realize he was joking. |
half-wit,
halfwit n | pejorative (stupid person) | أبله، أحمق |
| Harry is a real half-wit. |
| quick wit n | (sharpness, intelligence) | سرعة البديهة |
| Not only is he intelligent, he has a quick wit. |
| rapier wit n | figurative (being funny, clever) | سرعة البديهة |
| ready wit n | (quick thinking) | سرعة البديهة |
| to wit adv | (that is to say) | أعني، أي |
| Hera was a divinity: to wit, an ancient Greek goddess. |
