靠小聪明过日子的英文

• live by one's wits
• live by one’s wits

• 靠小聪明:    by one's wits
• 过日子:    live; get along
• 靠施展小聪明过日子:    wit 1
• 小聪明:    cleverness in trivial matters; petty trick; be intelligent in small ways; petty shrewdness 耍小聪明 play petty tricks
• 过日子:    live; get along 勤俭过日子 live industriously and frugally; 他收入不多, 但很会过日子。 his income is not much, but he manages to live quite well on it

例句与用法

1. Unable to get a job when he left school , the boy lived by his wits and in the end turned to crime
   离开学校后没能找到工作,那个男孩靠小聪明过日子,最后走向犯罪。