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To imbibe the hair of the dog that bit you
Definition
Drink the same kind of alcohol on the morning after getting drunk – stems from an old cure for rabies and other dog-bite diseases that entailed placing a hair from the dog that bit you, in the wound.
Language
English
Type
Faunamorph
Subcategory
Canines
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