What’s the origin of the phrase “hair of the dog?” What does it mean? I hear it thrown around from time to time, sometimes as “hair of the dog that bit you.”
Does it have something to do with getting drunk?
From Etymology Online Dictionary:
Phrase hair of the dog that bit you (1546), homeopathic remedy, is in Pliny.
This is the idea that a little bit of the thing that hurt you may help you.