wits russian

• соображе́ние

  reason, motive, ground

  view, opinion, thought

  consideration

  quick wits, grasp

• обалде́ть

  to go crazy, to lose one's wits, to be stunned

  to be blown away, to be amazed, to be thrilled

• смётка

  quick wits, quickness on the uptake, sharpness, gumption

  basting, tacking

  basting thread, tacking thread

  clothes brush

Examples

• Я не собира́юсь состяза́ться с тобой в остроу́мии — я не нападаю на безору́жных.

  I'm not going to get into a battle of wits with you; I never attack anyone who's unarmed.

• Мэри напуга́ла Тома до сме́рти.

  Mary scared Tom out of his wits.