| 单词 | a nod is as good as a wink |
| 释义 | > as lemmasa nod is as good as a wink (to a blind horse) b. Proverb. a nod is as good as a wink (to a blind horse) and variants. ΚΠ 1793 J. Ritson Let. 14 Feb. (1833) II. 11 A nod, you know, is as good as a wink to a blind horse. 1822 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas (rev. ed.) I. ii. ix. 224 I shall say no more at present; a nod is as good as a wink. 1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple III. xiii. 179 A nod's as good as a wink to a blind horse. 1893 J. H. McCarthy Red Diamonds II. 28 A nod is as good as a wink to such a dark horse as you are. 1935 T. S. Eliot Murder in Cathedral i. 24 My Lord, a nod is as good as a wink. A man will often love what he spurns. 1954 C. P. Snow New Men iv. xxxviii. 268 Now you can forget everything that I've told you. But a nod's as good as a wink to a blind horse. 1989 M. Bragg Rich: Life of Richard Burton (BNC) 45 There were government coupons for almost everything... No coupons, no goods. But not at the Co-op when Rich was alone. A nod was a good as a wink. < as lemmas |
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