hair of the dog
Morning-after drink
Hair of the dog is an alcoholic drink taken to cure a hangover—the idea being that what caused the ailment can also remedy it.
The full phrase is "hair of the dog that bit you," from an old folk belief that a bite from a rabid dog could be treated with hair from that same dog.
I need a hair of the dog after last night.
- hangoverPost-drinking illness
- headacheCranial pain
- prairie oysterUncooked egg hangover cure
- whiskeyOak-aged grain spirit
- remedyCurative treatment or fix
rough night · morning after · bar · open bar · nausea · livener · binge drinking · pick-me-up · self-medication · refresher · alcohol · liquid courage · eye-opener · beer · bottoms up · cocktail · Bloody Mary · Irish coffee
- hangoverhangover, hungover, morning after, rough night, one too many
- Old Wives' Talescracking knuckles, full moon madness, broken mirror, walking under ladder, spilled salt
- drinking humorbar jokes, bartender jokes, hangover jokes, beer pong, drinking games
- Drinking Slangdrunk, wasted, hammered, plastered, smashed
- drinkscocktail, liquor, cocktails, martini, margarita
- mythsmyth, legend, fable, fairy tale, folk tale
hair of the dogabstinence
Voluntary forgoing of indulgences
drying out · teetotaling · drinking water · staying sober · sobering up
hair of the dogletting nature take its course
Permitting events to unfold naturally
cold turkey · temperance · self-denial · discipline · willpower
hair, hairy, haircut, hairstyle, hairless, hairdo, hairpiece, hairline, hairspray