a nudge and a wink
nudge-nudge wink-wink

He did not, however, give me a nudge and a wink, for which I was grateful.

He got her address from his editor, who handed it to him with a nudge and a wink.

The playwright murkily hints at such questions, with a nudge and a wink, as if he is sticking an elbow into your ribs.

"Now, Constable," the fellow answered with a nudge and a wink of his own, "do I look that foolish?"

Women give me a nudge and a wink when I'm in the supermarket and say, 'You go girl!'"

"But, of course, Americans are too prude for that," Mr. Raud added, with a nudge and a wink.

Even the views of the new improved Duke are more of the same, couched in politicospeak with a nudge and a wink at his right radical supporters.

Even sober works of Italian Neorealism were sold with a nudge and a wink, their print advertisements featuring suggestive line drawings and breathless exclamation points: Shocking!

Catti-brie answered with a wicked smile, and Bruenor eagerly rubbed his hands together, then looked over at Tred and offered a nudge and a wink.

The Falstaffian affability in evidence since April has hinted at more than mere satisfaction, however, namely, a nudge and a wink about his imminent reinstatement by the ICC.

But even as Mr. Bisman and his colleagues approach much of their work with a nudge and a wink - they call their Hanukkah party Jewltide, after all - they shy away from anything that smacks of kitsch.

Jeanette Causulis from the New York Times said in her review that "Deftly combining low-key romance and gentle humor, the director, Ella Lemhagen (working from Michael Druker's 2008 play), stares down prejudice with a nudge and a wink rather than a soapbox."