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A nod's as good as a wink

Posted by RRC on May 21, 2007

In Reply to: A nod's as good as a wink posted by Probe on May 21, 2007

: I found this phrase in the archives, but do not clearly understand the meaning and the use. Is it used ironically, that is "no sense to waste so many words - a nod's as good as a wink to explain what you wished to convey"? Any other?

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