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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

If she tries another hair of the dog that has already bitten her and allows the hair specialist to guide her again, she goes through more worries of similar fashion.

From Quit Your Worrying! by James, George Wharton