with a nod and a wink.

A nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse

Right now we wink and we nod and we give many of the same services and privileges to illegal aliens.

Don't write anything you can phone. Don't phone anything you can talk. Don't talk anything you can whisper. Don't whisper anything you can smile. Don't smile anything you can nod. Don't nod anything you can wink.

There were no wink-and-a-nod agreements in the backroom. The fact that they chose to plead guilty just shows the strength of the government's case.

I mean some doctor told me I had six months to live and I went to their funeral.