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* '''wink:''' a short spell of sleep; a hint → [[nod]] | * '''wink:''' a short spell of sleep; a hint → [[nod]] | ||
| − | * ' | + | * '''a nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse:''' (''proverb'') "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 | * '''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 | ||
** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adhan Wikipedia] | ** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adhan Wikipedia] | ||
Revision as of 10:46, 30 November 2006
- wink: a short spell of sleep; a hint → nod
- a nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse: (proverb) "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
