2007-02-18 09:47:09 · 7 answers · asked by reene2g 4 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
It means to have a drink of whatever you were drinking that got you that way.
2007-02-18 09:55:33 · answer #1 · answered by oldhen53 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's from the advice, "Take a hair of the dog that bit you" to cure a dog bite. Apparently, if you laid a hair of the dog that bit you over a dog bite, it would cure the bite (that's assuming that you could get a hair from an angry, biting dog. Not easy!)
As a hangover cure, it means drink some of the drink that gave you a hangover. It's a homeopathic cure--you take in some of the substance that harmed you.
It works sometimes for allergies. For hangovers...uh, not really. More alcohol isn't the answer.
Though many people do take a hair of the dog as a cure.
2007-02-18 09:52:22 · answer #2 · answered by SlowClap 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hair of the dog that bit you, as in a sip of the drink that got you pissed
2007-02-18 09:51:21 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means you will feel better if you drink whatever it was that made you feel bad the night before.
2007-02-18 10:00:50 · answer #4 · answered by TropyWife 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For future reference just google "idioms" and it will offer you a selection of sites that give definitions of all sorts of idioms and euphemisms like the one you mentioned.
2007-02-18 10:08:12 · answer #5 · answered by Rain 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hairthe hair of the dog that bit u took ur poptart and ate it, so
2007-02-18 09:55:24 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means to drink more.
2007-02-18 09:50:57 · answer #7 · answered by sherrypie36 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋