| 单词 | hair of the dog that bit you |
| 释义 | > as lemmashair of the dog that bit you P6. hair of the dog that bit you: an alcoholic drink taken to cure a hangover. Hence elliptically, as hair of the dog. [Apparently so called on account of the remedy formerly recommended as a cure for the bite of a mad dog; compare: 1760 R. James Treat. Canine Madness 204 The hair of the dog that gave the wound is advised as an application to the part injured. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > types or qualities of intoxicating liquor > [noun] > fortifying or reviving hair of the dog that bit you1546 eye-opener1818 bracer1829 livener1870 corpse reviver1871 reviver1876 screw1877 fearnought1880 pickup1881 stiffener1928 warmer-upper1960 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue i. xi. sig. Eiv I praie the leat me and my felowe haue A heare of the dog that bote vs last nyght. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Beste Our Ale-knights often vse this phrase, and say, Giue vs a haire of the dog that last bit vs. 1706 E. Ward Rambling Fuddle-Caps 4 We leap'd out of Bed with a strong Appetitus, To swallow a Hair of the Dog that had bit us. 1834 W. A. Caruthers Kentuckian in N.Y. I. iv He presently proposed that we should go..and see some fine fellers..who were going to have a night of it. Well, said I, ‘a little hair of the dog is good for the bite.’ 1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge lii. 239 Drink again. Another hair of the dog that bit you, captain! 1935 New Yorker 5 Jan. 80/2 (caption) Your hair of the dog, sir. 1996 S. King Desperation ii. v. 349 I was..thinking about getting something for my hangover. An aspirin, and a little hair of the dog that bit me. 2001 Brill's Content Apr. 47/2 Mike and I were both a little hungover, and Mike suggested blackberry brandy, a hair of the dog that would also settle the stomach. < as lemmas |
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