hair of the dog that bit me

Any alcoholic beverage, the consumption of which is supposed to clear up one's hangover from previous drinking (but will tend to have the opposite effect in reality). Origins of the phrase date back to medieval times, when hairs from a biting dog were put in the bite wound in the belief that this promoted healing.

Lloyd: What will you be drinking, sir?

Jack: Hair of the dog that bit me, Lloyd.

Lloyd: Bourbon on the rocks?

Jack: That'll do it.

by Carl Willis January 7, 2006

hair of dog

Alcoholic beverage drunk the morning after a bender as a hangover cure. Time for a twelve step program.

F. Scott woke up at 10:00 and treated himself to a hair of the dog that bit him.

by octopod November 6, 2003

hair of dog

A drink of alcohol after a hard night of drinking.

Guy: Ohh, I'm so hung over!
Wife: Just have some hair of the dog.
Guy: *glug* *glug* *glug*

by el Burro November 6, 2003

hair of dog

"hair of the dog that bit you"- when you're hung over, having another drink to take the hang over away.

by z-dog November 6, 2003

thicker than hair on a dog's back

Dogs have so much hair that they have to shed it a couple of times a year.

Traffic in Atlanta is thicker than hair on a dog's back during rush hour.

by Deborah Lee June 2, 2006

hair of dog

A package of pills you can buy at your local gas station that supposed to help hangovers

I bought some hair of the dog

by fatsam November 6, 2003

Hair of the dog

an alcoholic drink taken to cure a hangover.

Craig cracked open a beer, claiming it was just a "hair of the dog" to cure his pounding headache from last night's party.

by Arminkshipper July 16, 2024