i am english major ,i have tp learn lots of idioms ,this is one of them by the way do you like english
2007-03-17 19:30:52 · 5 answers · asked by avril 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
People believed that you could cure rabies if you drank a potion from the hair of the dog that bit you.
"hair of the dog that bit you" is the entire phrase.
It has come to mean: use what made you sick, to make you better.
The common use of it currently is in regard to drinking alcohol to cure a hang over
2007-03-17 19:35:10 · answer #1 · answered by There you are∫ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The 'hair of the dog' is part of a longer expression -
'the hair of the dog that bit you'.
This goes back to the old belief that the hair of a dog that bites someone could be used as an antidote against the bad effects of the bite.
By extension, another drink or two after a drinking binge would be the cure for a hangover.
2007-03-17 22:02:31 · answer #2 · answered by Hamish 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hair of the dog is a colloquial English expression predominantly used to refer to ingestion of alcohol as treatment for a hangover. It is occasionally used with respect to dealing with the aftereffects of use of other recreational drugs. It is a shortened form of the expression “the hair of the dog that bit you.”
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2007-03-17 19:35:37 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is "the hair of the dog that bit you"
generally used in reference to a hangover.
you have a drink (the hair of the dog) and it will cure the hangover (the dogs bite)
2007-03-17 19:34:21 · answer #4 · answered by annc 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i am english it is after you have a big night on the drink and you have a hangover you have another drink when you wake up to cure your hangover but i don't know where "hair of the dog" originated
2007-03-17 19:48:48 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋