2092: "Hair of the Dog" and Other Hangover Cures Sep 6, 2020

There are a lot of phrases that people probably use without even knowing the full version. For instance, the phrase "hair of the dog" refers to drinking more alcohol to cure a hangover, but the full phrase is "hair of the dog that bit you" as was once a cure for rabies (not sound medical advice, by the way). The idea of using more of the problem as a solution exists in many languages as a reference to alcohol especially, but it will often come in different forms, like in Slavic languages which reference using a wedge to remove a stuck wedge, or in other Germanic languages meaning 'repair-beer', like the Austrian German 'Reparatur-Seidl'.

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