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Hair of the dog? #1 (permalink) Mon Oct 25, 2004 9:31 am   Hair of the dog?
 

Test No. incompl/inter-25 "Wrapped round her finger", question 6

Well, unfortunately as I had one glass too many last night, I guess I should go for ......... of the dog.

(a) a foot
(b) a hair
(c) a nose
(d) an ear

Test No. incompl/inter-25 "Wrapped round her finger", answer 6

Well, unfortunately as I had one glass too many last night, I guess I should go for a hair of the dog.

Correct answer: (b) a hair

Your answer was: n/a
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Hair of the dog #2 (permalink) Mon Oct 25, 2004 10:45 am   Hair of the dog
 

It's not hear but hair of the dog and it's a phrase that is used to refer to a drug consumed with the intent of lessening or postponing the effects of a hangover.
It is is a shortened form of the phrase the hair of the dog that bit you.

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Hair of the dog #3 (permalink) Mon Nov 21, 2005 9:02 am   Hair of the dog
 

is a hair of the dog an alcoholic drink ?
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Hair of the dog #4 (permalink) Tue Nov 22, 2005 22:10 pm   Hair of the dog
 

Usually yes.

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Hair of the dog #5 (permalink) Tue May 25, 2010 5:25 am   Hair of the dog
 

Torsten wrote:
It's not hear but hair of the dog and it's a phrase that is used to refer to a drug consumed with the intent of lessening or postponing the effects of a hangover.
It is is a shortened form of the phrase the hair of the dog that bit you.
Is there any recipe for that......wow.... cool I wish I knew this before....
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Hair of the dog? #6 (permalink) Tue May 25, 2010 7:02 am   Hair of the dog?
 

Usually, it refers to a small amount of whatever you were drinking that gave you the hangover in the first place! Definitely not recommended if you are about to driver, operate machinery or undertake some other work which requires sobriety.

The taking of additional alcohol to cure a hangover has some scientific basis. The symptoms of hangover are partly induced by a withdrawal from alcohol poisoning. A small measure of alcohol may be some temporary relief, even if in the longer term it makes the hangover worse.

The phrase is from the mediaeval belief that, when someone was bitten by a rabid dog, a cure could be made by applying the same dog's hair to the infected wound. (How many people managed to get bitten again when trying to approach the aforesaid dog to acquire the hair to achieve this completely useless remedy isn't known.)
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Hair of the dog? #7 (permalink) Wed May 26, 2010 3:32 am   Hair of the dog?
 

Beeesneees wrote:
Usually, it refers to a small amount of whatever you were drinking that gave you the hangover in the first place! Definitely not recommended if you are about to driver, operate machinery or undertake some other work which requires sobriety.

The taking of additional alcohol to cure a hangover has some scientific basis. The symptoms of hangover are partly induced by a withdrawal from alcohol poisoning. A small measure of alcohol may be some temporary relief, even if in the longer term it makes the hangover worse.

The phrase is from the mediaeval belief that, when someone was bitten by a rabid dog, a cure could be made by applying the same dog's hair to the infected wound. (How many people managed to get bitten again when trying to approach the aforesaid dog to acquire the hair to achieve this completely useless remedy isn't known.)
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Hair of the dog? #8 (permalink) Wed May 26, 2010 3:36 am   Hair of the dog?
 

Beeesneees wrote:
Usually, it refers to a small amount of whatever you were drinking that gave you the hangover in the first place! Definitely not recommended if you are about to driver, operate machinery or undertake some other work which requires sobriety.

The taking of additional alcohol to cure a hangover has some scientific basis. The symptoms of hangover are partly induced by a withdrawal from alcohol poisoning. A small measure of alcohol may be some temporary relief, even if in the longer term it makes the hangover worse.

The phrase is from the mediaeval belief that, when someone was bitten by a rabid dog, a cure could be made by applying the same dog's hair to the infected wound. (How many people managed to get bitten again when trying to approach the aforesaid dog to acquire the hair to achieve this completely useless remedy isn't known.)
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