have wits about

have your wits about you

also keep your wits about you

to be able to think clearly The engines failed, but the pilot had his wits about him and managed to get them started again. She managed to keep her wits about her and was able to escape unharmed.

have/keep your wits about you

to be ready to think quickly in a situation and react to things that you are not expecting Cycling is potentially very dangerous in London - you really need to keep your wits about you.

See gather wits, live by wits, pit wits against

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
EylÜL	-	Turkish
Kirsten	KEER-sten (Danish, Norwegian), KUR-stən (English)	Danish, Norwegian, English
Artur	ər-TOOR (Portuguese), ar-TOOR (Galician), AHR-tuwr (Polish), AHR-toor (German)	Portuguese, Galician, Catalan, Polish, Russian, German, Estonian, Swedish, Romanian, Czech
Miki	mee-kee	Japanese
Lashay	-	African American (Rare)
MatÉO	-	French