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WCDT: 2816-2820 (20-24 October 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
pwhodges:
--- Quote from: Carl-E on 25 Oct 2014, 16:00 ---As opposed to a wink and a nod...
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--- Quote from: SubaruStephen on 25 Oct 2014, 16:32 ---Say no more, say no more, a wink's as good as a nod to a blind bat.
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You've both got the nod and the wink the wrong way round...
MooskiNet:
The thread can make another page or so on the strength of a wink or a nod, depending on who it's from. Who we got that can wink eloquently?
Carl-E:
--- Quote from: pwhodges on 25 Oct 2014, 16:35 ---
--- Quote from: Carl-E on 25 Oct 2014, 16:00 ---As opposed to a wink and a nod...
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--- Quote from: SubaruStephen on 25 Oct 2014, 16:32 ---Say no more, say no more, a wink's as good as a nod to a blind bat.
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You've both got the nod and the wink the wrong way round...
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Interesting. Over here, the phrase "with a wink and a nod" means something unstated is understood, usually in a conspiratorial fashion.
However, "a nod is as good as a wink" seems to mean that for someone who's ready, any signal will do. But I've heard that one both ways - a wink is as good as a nod as well.
Shall we take this to the "English is weird" thread?
ReindeerFlotilla:
It's Monty Python.
Carl-E:
--- Quote from: ReindeerFlotilla on 25 Oct 2014, 19:35 ---It's Monty Python.
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Yeah, SubaruStephen's part was. Beside the point, though. The usual idiom Paul was referring to really is "a nod is as good as a wink"
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