by one's wits

see live by one's wits.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Aristotelis	-	Greek
Willis	WIL-is	English
Hein	HIEN	Dutch
Igor	EE-gər (Russian), EE-gawr (Polish)	Russian, Polish, Slovene, Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian
Jonah	['dʒəunə]
Kalena	-	Hawaiian