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Thursday Open Thread | 59 comments (59 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

That's an AE colloquial expression: Take a hair of the dog that bit you.

The historical meaning is, if you have a hangover you should take a little drink to make it better.

The fact is that what we're experiencing right now is a top-down disaster. -Paul Krugman

by dvx (dvx.clt ät gmail dotcom) on Thu Jul 16th, 2009 at 11:06:38 AM EST
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Re: Offline (4.00 / 2)

LOL, I think I never would have guessed that. :-)

by Fran (fran at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Jul 16th, 2009 at 11:14:43 AM EST
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Re: Offline (4.00 / 3)

Originally it came from a mistaken cure for a bite from a rabid dog - a hair from the dog had to be placed in the bite wound.

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Thu Jul 16th, 2009 at 11:17:27 AM EST
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Thursday Open Thread | 59 comments (59 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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