Difference between revisions of "Wink"

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pr a nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse: "However obvious a hint or suggestion may be, it is useless if the other person is unable to see it" (E. C. Brewer, Dictionary of Phrase and Fable)

Prayer is better than sleep: one of the stanzas of the adhan, or Islamic call to prayer; it is used only by Sunni Muslms and only before the first prayers of the day at dawn; it is attributed to one of Mohammed's Sahabah (companions), a freed Ethiopian slave by the name of Bilal ibn Ribah → "a nod to the nabir" = "a prayer to the Prophet," and wink = sleep
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-a nod to the nabir is better than wink to the wabsanti
+* '''wink:''' a short spell of sleep; a hint &rarr; [[nod]]
-In part, a reference to the phrase "a nod's as good as a wink," which means, "say no more, I get the hint."
+* '''''pr'' a nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse:''' "However obvious a hint or suggestion may be, it is useless if the other person is unable to see it" (E. C. Brewer, ''Dictionary of Phrase and Fable'')
-The whole phrase, here, may refer to a quote from Mohammed: "Prayer is better than sleep," where "a nod to the nabir" means "a prayer to the Prophet," and "wink" means sleep.
+* '''Prayer is better than sleep:''' one of the stanzas of the ''adhan'', or Islamic call to prayer; it is used only by Sunni Muslms and only before the first prayers of the day at dawn; it is attributed to one of Mohammed's ''Sahabah'' (companions), a freed Ethiopian slave by the name of Bilal ibn Ribah &rarr; "a nod to the [[nabir]]" = "a prayer to the Prophet," and [[wink]] = sleep
+** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adhan Wikipedia]