Are you looking for a way to tell someone you understand what they're referring to in their statement? You could use \"a wink is as good as a nod.\"<\/em><\/strong> This post unpacks the meaning and origin of this expression.<\/p>\n
The expression \"a nod is as good as a wink\"<\/em> suggests that a person ready to undertake or understand something only requires subtle signaling for confirmation.<\/u><\/p>\n
\"Between friends, a nod is as good as a wink when you want to pass a subtle statement of recognition or awareness of something.\"<\/p>\n
\"A nod is as good as a wink to a blind bat. If you're not initiated, you won't understand the reference.\"<\/p>\n
\"A nod is as good as a wink to a bling horse that can't see. If you don't know what the person is referring to, then you're on the outside of the joke.\"<\/p>\n
\"I told her we would go to our friend's house on the weekend to have a few drinks. She replied with a nod is as good as a wink to let me know she understood what I was insinuating.\"<\/p>\n
\"Don't you know a nod is as good as a wink when you want to let another person know you understand what they're referencing?\"<\/p>\n
\"A nod is as good as a wink to let someone know you understand their reference or the meaning behind their joke.\"<\/p>\n
\"If you have a smart head on your shoulders, you understand a nod is as good as a wink to get someone's attention and understanding of your innuendo.\"<\/p>\n
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The proverbial expression \"a wink is as good as a nod\" originates from 16th-century England. It's a shorter variation of the longer version \"a nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse.\"<\/p>\n
The first use of the saying in print comes from \"The False Guardians Outwitted,\" a ballad opera written by William Goodall and performed in 1740, where it reads as follows.<\/p>\n
\"And therefore, I must say this for myself, that, if they are a small matter too bashful, I am not extremely dull of apprehension; and a nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse.\"<\/p>\n
The phrase is more commonly associated with its more modern use in the comedy film \"Monty Pythons Flying Circus,\" in a sketch by Eric Idle called \"Nudge Nudge,\" where it appears as the following variation, \"a nod is as good as a wink to a blind bat.\"<\/p>\n