count noses

Perhaps the phrase "to count noses" originated in these lands.

Hold your horses, Buster, and count noses; perhaps youll find that there are only five of us present.

Some of the older ranchmen suggested to Packard and to Fisher that they count noses.

When he came to count noses he understood that there wasn't a show for him to be elected cox.

We never thought to count noses until we reached the Cassidy place, and then we found they were missing.