hair of the dog | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)Analcoholicdrink, particularly whentakenthemorning aftertocureahangover.Near-synonyms:coffin dodger,corpse reviver,pick-me-up,eye-opener;see alsoThesaurus:alcoholic beverageI'll be right back. I just need a littlehair of the dogthat bit me.1818,Sir Walter Scott, chapter 12, inRob Roy:But with the morning cool repentance came. I felt, in the keenest manner, the violence and absurdity of my conduct, and was obliged to confess that wine and passion had lowered my intellects. . . . I descended to the breakfast hall, like a criminal to receive sentence. . . . [H]e poured out a large bumper of brandy, exhorting me to swallow "ahair of the dogthat had bit me."1841,Charles Dickens, chapter 52, inBarnaby Rudge:Ha ha! Put a good face upon it, and drink again. Anotherhair of the dogthat bit you, captain!2004,Modest Mouse, “The Good Times Are Killing Me”, inGood News for People Who Love Bad News:The good times are killing me / Enoughhair of the dogto make myself an entire rug

Examples:

EN: I brought a little hair of the dog for ya.
ES: Traje un poco de pelo de perro para ti.
EN: I brought you a hair of the dog that bit you.
ES: Te he traído un té de menta, para ti.
EN: Emily was here on her honeymoon, and i said the way to get cured quick is take a hair of the dog that bit you. You mean a tack from the heel that kicked you.
ES: Emily estuvo aquí en su luna de miel, y pensé que para curarse debe arrancar un pelo al perro que te mordió.
EN: Just slip me a hair of the dog.
ES: Te lo pido, Ivy. Solo dame algo para la resaca.
EN: The hair of the dog that bit you.
ES: Dime, ¿qué mosca te ha picado?
EN: I'll perish without a hair of the dog.
ES: Moriré si no tomo el trago de la mañana.
EN: You left the celebrations abruptly, but the hair of the dog that bit you...
ES: Anoche se fue de la fiesta precipitadamente. - Pero un vaso no le hará daño.
EN: A little bit of the hair of the dog that bit you.
ES: Una copa te sentará bien.
EN: No, because it's the hair of the dog that bit you.
ES: No, porque es el pelo del perro que le mordió.
EN: What you need is a hair of the dog.
ES: Lo que tu necesitas es un antidoto para la resaca.
ES: Lo que necesitas es un pelo de perro.
EN: - For the hair of the dog that bit me.
ES: - A emborracharme.
EN: Let's get some of the hair of the dog.
ES: Vamos a ponerte el líquido para el pelo del perro.
EN: A little hair of the dog that bit me.
ES: Un pelito del perro que me mordió.
EN: It's called "hair of the dog."
ES: Lo llaman "el pelo del perro".
EN: They look to you as the embodiment of their own heathen ways and depend on you for the hair of the dog that bit them.
ES: Te ven como la encarnación de sus costumbres bárbaras y dependen de ti porque están enganchados a ti.

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