hair of the dog that bit

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hair of the dog that bit (one)

Fig. a drink of liquor taken when one has a hangover; a drink of liquor taken when one is recovering from drinking too much liquor. (Often the same type of liquor as one got drunk on.) Oh, I'm miserable. I need some of the hair of the dog that bit me. That's some hangover you've got there, Bob. Here, drink this. It's some of the hair of the dog that bit you.

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They know something is wrong, but like a drunk taking “a hair of the dog that bit you” to ease the pain of a hangover, Americans are hoping to cure their ills with another dose of the same poison that made them ill. Can we believe in Obama's change? by Donald Grove, Casey Research / Stockhouse He said: "He was grumpy, not as sharp as usual and badly in need of the hair of the dog that bit him. SUPPY LOVE; Guinness-drinking pooch even gets hangovers by The Mirror (London, England) A THE phrase is part of the longer expression 'the hair of the dog that bit you' and dates back to the medieval belief that the burnt hair of the dog that bit you could be used as a antidote against the effect of the bite. Mail Box: Just ASK by Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland)			hack down hack off hack out of hack to hack up hack way through hacked hackle had had a nice time had as soon do had better had it coming had rather do hadn't oughta haggle haggle about haggle over hail hail a cab hail as hail from hail-fellow-well-met hair hair and hide hair of the dog that bit hair-raising haired hale hale and hearty hale-fellow-well-met half half a bubble off plumb half a dozen half a loaf Half a loaf is better than none half in the bag half the battle half the time Half the truth is often a whole lie Half the world knows not how the other half lives half under half-arsed half-baked half-hearted halfhearted halfway halt halves ham ham it up			Hair iron Hair iron Hair Is Vanishing Hair lace Hair lacquer Hair lacquer Hair lacquer hair lacquers hair lacquers hair lacquers Hair line Hair link Hair link Hair lip Hair loss Hair loss Hair loss Hair loss Hair Loss Control Clinic hair loss in men hair loss in women hair matrix carcinoma Hair Moisturizing Complex hair mortar Hair moth hair mousse Hair net hair of the dog hair of the dog Hair of the Dog (Nazareth album) hair of the dog that bit Hair of the dog that bit you hair oil hair papilla hair papilla hair papilla Hair pencil Hair piece Hair pin Hair pin Hair pin Hair plate Hair Plug Hair plugs Hair powder Hair product Hair products Hair products Hair pulling Hair pulling Hair pulling Hair pyrites Hair pyrites Hair receptors Hair receptors Hair receptors Hair removal Hair removal Hair removal hair remover Hair Replacement

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