mother wit

1. 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。
2. I should as soon call her mother a wit.
   那么她妈妈也算得上一个天才了！
3. 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）
4. With three children at home all day, the mother was brought to her wit's end trying to keep the house clean.
   三个孩子整天呆在家里，做母亲的要保持屋内整洁实在是毫无办法。
5. 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。

noun

1. sound practical judgment
   1. Common sense is not so common
   2. he hasn't got the sense God gave little green apples
   3. fortunately she had the good sense to run away

   Synonym:    common sensegood sensegumptionhorse sensesense