any idea where this saying comes from or what it actually means?
2007-03-02 13:16:35 · 4 answers · asked by skater 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
HAIR OF THE DOG THAT BIT YOU - "A deliberate second experience (usually alcoholic) with something that was a bad first experience. It is ancient folk wisdom that like cures like, so ancient that the idea was expressed in Latin: Similia similibus curantur. A specific remedy for a dog bite was hair from the dog that bit you; the hair (often burned first) was applied to the wound." From "The Dictionary of Cliches" by James Rogers (Ballantine Books, New York, 1985).
I hope that this is what you were looking for.
2007-03-02 13:22:26 · answer #1 · answered by FireBug 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means when you get really drunk the night before w/ one particular choice of booze...you cure your hangover the next morning w/ another serving of the same.
I think the entire saying is, "the hair of the dog that bit you"
2007-03-02 21:21:43 · answer #2 · answered by 30 year old 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The poison was the cure. It helps transcend hangovers into a buzz.
2007-03-02 21:27:34 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's Meaning is: Chin up.
2007-03-02 21:29:49 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋