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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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

Call if an offensive resurgence, call it the shaking off cobwebs, call it hair of the dog.

From Washington Post • Oct. 28, 2018

Oh," said Scattergood, "jest made use of the sayin' about curin' with the hair of the dog that bit you.

From Scattergood Baines by Kelland, Clarence Budington