hair of the dog

Etymology
, a folk remedy for rabies by placing hair from the dog that bites one into the wound. The use of the phrase as a metaphor for a hangover treatment dates at least to the 16th century.

The principle of “curing like with like” has existed in various cultures historically; see hair of the dog at Wikipedia for details; the use of the phrase “hair of the dog” for a hangover cure dates to antiquity, an early form being found in the Ugaritic text KTU 1.1114 line 29, where the chief god of the pantheon, 'i/el, takes some for his health. The usage is in turn a borrowing from Akkadian.

Noun

 * 1)  An alcoholic drink, particularly when taken the morning after to cure a hangover.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 回魂酒
 * Czech: spravovák,
 * Danish: reparationsbajer
 * Faroese: javnari
 * Finnish:, loiventava, korjaussarja
 * German: Konterbier, Konterschnaps, Reparaturseidl, Mageneinrenker
 * Hebrew: כוסית התאוששות, כוסית של הבוקר שאחרי
 * Hungarian:, gyógysör
 * Icelandic:
 * Japanese: 迎え酒
 * Korean: 해장술
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: oppstiver
 * Nynorsk: oppstivar
 * Polish:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: leigheas na pòit
 * Swedish: