pelt of the dog

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释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An immoderate, excessive quantity of alcohol drunk the morning after whilst suffering withdrawal symptoms or a hangover, which goes beyond alleviating the complaint to causing drunkenness; compare hair of the dog.

    幽默 习语 罕用

    There were people — maybe two dozen — in the Knight’s Bar, for lunch, resuscitation, or the pelt of the dog that bit them. Not Yvonne, though. A bit early.

词源

Alteration of hair of the dog, substituting hair with pelt, thus implying far greater quantity.

来源：wiktionary