hair of the dog

NOUN

hangover remedy

Synonyms

WEAK

hair of the dog that bit one pick-me-up refresher tonic

Example Sentences

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Instead, England opted for hair of the dog.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

The hair of the dog is no miracle remedy.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 29, 2025

Even the oft-suggested hair of the dog, a metaphor which, according to Bishop-Stall, dates back to Ancient Greece in 400 BCE and Antiphanes, has some merit.

From The Guardian • Nov. 23, 2018

But the most common remedy has always been figurative: to pluck a hair of the dog that bit you.

From Slate • Nov. 20, 2018

Sympathy, after the method of Basil Valentine his Triumph of Antimony, and Kenelm Digby his Weapon-salve, which some call a hair of the dog that bit him.

From The Water-Babies A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby by Goble, Warwick