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hair of the dog

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hair of the dog English, baby! Video Lesson
解醉酒

Date: Aug 04 2011

Themes: Party

Quote

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“This is the trick I told you about last night. Hair of the dog. Let’s just call it that.”

- Jeff after a night of drinking with Jason.

“这就是我昨晚告诉你的技巧 —— 解醉酒。我们可以这样称呼它。”
杰夫与詹森夜饮之后。

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Definition

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what made you sick will make you better

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Language is full of interesting bits of history. Sometime in the past, it was thought that if you got sick from a dog bite, you could be cured by hair of the dog that bit you. No one knew it at the time, but a great drinking idiom was born.

After a night of extreme alcohol consumption, you will not feel well. You may have a hangover. A little more alcohol can sometimes help you feel better. So what made you sick also cures you, just like the story of the hair of the dog.

There is no dog involved in this hangover cure. Of course, Jason doesn’t know that when Jeff tells him some hair of the dog will make him feel better. He finds a dog, and just when he is about to eat some hair, Ella saves him by explaining that hair of the dog just means more alcohol in the morning.

Do you have a favorite hangover cure? Or does hair of the dog work for you?

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“It looks like you drank too much last night, why don’t you try some hair of the dog.”

“I don’t get hangovers. I just need to save some alcohol for the morning. A little hair of the dog tomorrow and I’ll be just fine.”

“The best hangover cure I know is some hair of the dog that bit you. A little more alcohol the next day will make you feel better!”

Winners

1. Winners - See who guessed the slang definition correctly.

dearpesar alcohol drinking so lower the anxious & pain
by dearpesar
Talia Do An alcoholic beverage consumed as a hangover rememdy.
by Talia Do
Bojana an alcoholic drink that cures a hangover
by Bojana
alcoholic drink taken as antidote for a hangover
by Bitten by an Arab bug
it means alcoholic beverage consumed to ease a hangover , the person not to get quickly drunk
by Criz search
 julito My guess is to drink more alcohol to lessen the effect of a hangover.
by julito

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Madooka

Germany

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06:52 PM Mar 18 2016 |

shaerwan

shaerwan

Syrian Arab Republic

nice slang thanks english baby

09:49 AM May 05 2013 |

rhm

Egypt

drinking al cahol is entirely forbidden in islam so it may losr u mind,merci


 

06:18 PM Dec 29 2012 |

Maxim Melnichenko

Ukraine

I think that is like to knock fight fire.

11:57 AM Dec 29 2012 |

marialili

marialili

China

I have got it! There is a same word in Chinese means that to solve some problem have to resort to the same person. 

09:21 AM Dec 13 2012 |

baraneman

Iran, Islamic Republic Of

I don’t have any experience about it…..

09:13 AM Dec 13 2012 |

HAPPY STAR

China

Hair of the dog means more alcohol…...

09:24 AM Jun 05 2012 |

postpone

China

sopmetimes what made you sick also can make you better ,just like tne movie said hair of the dog!

12:14 PM Dec 29 2011 |

bom222a

Viet Nam

i think he’s about to kiss the dog instead of eating its hair

02:41 PM Oct 17 2011 |

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木兰花

木兰花

China

it is good idiom, i will remember

03:55 AM Oct 14 2011 |

Bruce_zhou

China

I like dring,but don’t like drink too much ,just little it’s ok,because i feel not better after i drink so much,but some time i just can not refuse when i was in party.after that ,i will drink much tea to cure and prevent hangover at that time,i think it’s more effection,at least,i feel better after drink some tea,actually,i have never heard that eat dog’s hair can cure hangover,it’s definitely first time to hear that,i don’t believe that,maybe i will try it some time…....

10:20 AM Oct 06 2011 |

cqzhulei

cqzhulei

China

Just so so

04:40 AM Oct 06 2011 |

fuethio

Ethiopia

I WANT TO SAY DO NOT DRINK ALCOHOLSALRIGHT


 


ALCHOL DRINK IS SO SO SO BAD

12:47 PM Aug 09 2011 |

fuethio

Ethiopia

IT SIMMES LIKE FUUNYFOR ME.].,,,,];’

12:41 PM Aug 09 2011 |

javier armando

Peru

I have a cure for hangover, not more hair of the dog cos it wont help you out at all, just get some sleep and you´ll totally fine :)

05:24 PM Aug 08 2011 |

gendiss

gendiss

Indonesia

I cacth the poin what make u sick that will make u better
like when we allergy with something we must to resist with that too,,

” The best hangover cure I know is some hair of the dog that bit you”

04:29 AM Aug 05 2011 |

tiktaalik

tiktaalik

Turkey

he shouldnt have drunk so much alcohol,so bad.btw the dog is so cute :)

01:56 AM Aug 05 2011 |

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M.Rybak

Poland

The best for hangover is a glass of water. Instead!

10:30 PM Aug 04 2011 |

Ahshan

Ahshan

China

hehe

10:10 PM Aug 04 2011 |

MUHAMMAD92

MUHAMMAD92

Saudi Arabia

not ok.

02:42 PM Aug 04 2011 |

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