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Literature | Hair of the Dog that Bit You (A). Similia similibus curantur. In Scotland it is a popular belief that a few hairs of the dog that bit you applied to the wound will prevent evil consequences. Applied to drinks, it means, if overnight you have indulged too freely, take a glass of the same wine next morning to soothe the nerves. "If this dog do you bite, soon as out of your bed, take a hair of the tail in the morning." "Take the hair, it's well written, Of the dog by which you're bitten; Work off one wine by his brother, And one labour with another ... Cook with cook, and strife with strife: Business with business, wife with wife." Athenæus (ascribed to Aristophanes). "There was a man, and he was wise, Who fell into a bramble-bush And scratched out both his eyes; And when his eyes were out, he then Jumped into the bramble-bush And scratched them in again." Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Drunkenness | Verb: get drunk, be drunk; Adjective: see double; take a drop too much, take a glass too much; drink; tipple, tope, booze, bouse, guzzle, swill, soak, sot, bum, besot, have a jag on, have a buzz on, lush, bib, swig, carouse; sacrifice at the shrine of Bacchus; take to drinking; drink hard, drink deep, drink like a fish; have one's swill, drain the cup, splice the main brace, take a hair of the dog that bit you. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: HAIR OF THE DOG THAT BIT YOU |
| Specialty definitions using "HAIR OF THE DOG THAT BIT YOU": Hair of the Dog that Bit You ♦ Similia Similibus Curantur. (references) |
Expression using "HAIR OF THE DOG THAT BIT YOU": take a hair of the dog that bit you. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "HAIR OF THE DOG THAT BIT YOU"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Hungarian | kutyaharapást szőrével (hair of the dog that bit sy, take a hair of the dog that bit you). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | airhay ofay ethay ogday atthay itbay youay klin se klinom izbija (take a hair of the dog that bit you). (various references) | ||||||||||
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)48 41 49 52 4F 46 54 48 45 44 4F 47 54 48 41 54 42 49 54 59 4F 55 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001000 01000001 01001001 01010010 00100000 01001111 01000110 00100000 01010100 01001000 01000101 00100000 01000100 01001111 01000111 00100000 01010100 01001000 01000001 01010100 00100000 01000010 01001001 01010100 00100000 01011001 01001111 01010101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)H A I R   O F   T H E   D O G   T H A T   B I T   Y O U |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0048 0041 0049 0052 004F 0046 0054 0048 0045 0044 004F 0047 0054 0048 0041 0054 0042 0049 0054 0059 004F 0055 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)42354352249402544239238494125442355423643542594955 |
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