mother wit

What a fella needs is mother wit and a horse hair.

只要一点点智慧和一根马鬃就行。

She encouraged me to listen carefully to what country people called mother wit.

她鼓励我仔细倾听乡下人称作常识的话语。

Ingenuity in varying tactics depends on mother wit.

运用之妙,存乎一心.

She encouraged me to listen carefully to what country people called "Mother Wit," because in those homely sayings was couched the collective wisdom of generations.

她鼓励我要仔细倾听乡下人称为“天生智慧”的话语，她说那些朴实的话语表达了世代相传的集体智慧。

I should as soon call her mother a wit.

那么她妈妈也算得上一个天才了！

How much more profitable for the independent mind, after the mere rudiments of education, to range through a library at random, taking down books as the mother wit suggests!

受到初步的基础教育之后，对于愿意独立思考的人来说，在图书馆里信手取下一本书来，根据个人的天赋随意涉猎，这该是多大的好处啊！（英国纽曼红衣主教享利）

She encouraged me to listen carefully to what country people called mother wit ( Maya Angelou )

她鼓励我仔细地留意乡村人所说的天生的智慧 ( 马雅安琪罗 )