i think this is an amalgamation of 'a winks as good as a nod to a blind man', and, a word is enough to the wise (and a few other variations). hope this helps.
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No. Normal body language is Sweden is to nod when saying yes and to shake ones head when saying no.
They pucker there lips and nod in the direction they want to point
James Cromwell
Eddie Albert's character was named Oliver Wendell Douglas, perhaps a nod to the famous jurist Oliver Wendell Holmes.
A Nod Is As Good As a Wink... to a Blind Horse was created in 1971-03.
It's not an idiom, it's a saying. If the horse is blind, it can't see either the nod or the wink, so they'd mean the same thing to the horse. You nod when you're agreeing and you wink when you're sneaking around with something.
They wink and nod
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Bull - 2000 A Wink and a Nod 1-11 was released on: USA: 24 October 2000
no you do not, but rule of thumb is if one goes out the other one is right behind it, nod nod ,wink ,wink.
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A nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse.
* A smile * A frown * A shrug * A nod * A tear * A wink * a hand gesture * a facial expression
Non verbal communication is a form of expressing oneself without words.
Nod means to make a quick downward motion the head.
Citizens. During the extreme democratic period when even the unpropertied male (thete) could vote, the latter when challenged on voting right to declare their qualification, they would nod nod, wink wink, respond 'landowner' (zeugite) and no one would challenge this fiction.