HAIR OFF THE DOG THAT BIT YOU

Meaning of HAIR OFF THE DOG THAT BIT YOU in English

remedy that uses the cause, fight fire with fire

The theory of penicillin is to use the hair off the dog that bit you.

Wayne Magnuson. English idioms vocabulary. Словарь английских идиом. 2012

HAIR OFF THE DOG THAT BIT YOU — remedy that uses the cause, fight fire with fire The theory of penicillin is to use the hair off the …
English Idioms vocab
OFF
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
THAT
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DOG — I Any member of the canine genus Canis , particularly the domestic species, Canis familiaris . Domestic dogs seem to …
Английский словарь Британика
THAT — I. ˈthat, usu -ad.+V pronoun ( plural those ˈthōz) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English thæt, neuter demonstrative pron. & …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
OFF
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HAIR — I. ˈha(a)](ə)r, ˈhe], ]ə noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English her, heer, hare, heir, hair, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DOG
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BIT — I. ˈbit, usu -d.+V noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English bitt, from Old English bite; akin to Old English …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
OFF — /awf, of/ , adv. 1. so as to be no longer supported or attached: This button is about to come …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HAIR — — hairlike , adj. /hair/ , n. 1. any of the numerous fine, usually cylindrical, keratinous filaments growing from the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DOG — — dogless , adj. — doglike , adj. /dawg, dog/ , n. , v. , dogged, dogging . n. 1. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BIT — bit 1 — bitless , adj. /bit/ , n. , v. , bitted, bitting . n. 1. Mach. a. a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
OFF — I. ˈȯf adverb Etymology: Middle English of, from Old English — more at of Date: before 12th century 1. a. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DOG — I. ˈdȯg, ˈdäg noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English docga Date: before 12th century 1. a. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HAIR — noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hǣr; akin to Old High German hār hair Date: before …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
OFF — adv denoting opposition or negation. 2. off ·interj away; begone; a command to depart. 3. off ·adv in a …
Webster English vocab
HAIR — noun a haircloth. 2. hair ·noun a spring device used in a hair-trigger firearm. 3. hair ·noun any very small …
Webster English vocab
DOG — noun a mean, worthless fellow; a wretch. 2. dog ·noun a quadruped of the genus canis, ·esp. the domestic dog …
Webster English vocab
HAIR — [hair] n, often attrib [ME, fr. OE haer; akin to OHG har hair] (bef. 12c) 1 a: a slender threadlike …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HAIR — in mammals, the characteristic threadlike outgrowths of the outer layer of the skin (epidermis) that form an animal's coat, or …
Britannica English vocabulary
DOG
Britannica English vocabulary
OFF — / ɒf; NAmE ɔːf; ɑːf/ adverb , preposition , adjective , noun , verb ■ adverb HELP NOTE : For …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HAIR — / heə(r); NAmE her/ noun 1. [ U , C ] the substance that looks like a mass of fine …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DOG
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BIT — / bɪt; NAmE / noun SMALL AMOUNT 1. a bit [ sing. ] (used as an adverb) ( especially BrE …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
THAT
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
OFF — I. off 1 S1 W1 /ɒf $ ɒːf/ BrE AmE adverb , preposition , adjective 1 . away from a …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HAIR — hair S1 W1 /heə $ her/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: noun : ↑ hair , ↑ hairiness ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DOG
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BIT — I. bit 1 S1 W1 /bɪt/ BrE AmE adverb , pronoun 1 . ONLY SLIGHTLY a bit especially British English …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
OFF — adv., prep., adj., & n. --adv. 1 away; at or to a distance (drove off; is three miles off). 2 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HAIR — n. 1 a any of the fine threadlike strands growing from the skin of mammals, esp. from the human head. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DOG — n. & v. --n. 1 any four-legged flesh-eating animal of the genus Canis, of many breeds domesticated and wild, kept …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BIT — n. 1 a small piece or quantity (a bit of cheese; give me another bit; that bit is too small). …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
OFF — adv., prep., adj., & n. adv. 1 away; at or to a distance (drove off; is three miles off). 2 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HAIR — n. 1 a any of the fine threadlike strands growing from the skin of mammals, esp. from the human head. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DOG — n. & v. n. 1 any four-legged flesh-eating animal of the genus Canis, of many breeds domesticated and wild, kept …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BIT — n. 1 a small piece or quantity (a bit of cheese; give me another bit; that bit is too small). …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
OFF — adv., prep., adj., & n. --adv. 1. away; at or to a distance (drove off; is three miles off). 2 …
Oxford English vocab
HAIR — n.1 a any of the fine threadlike strands growing from the skin of mammals, esp. from the human head. b …
Oxford English vocab
DOG — n. & v. --n. 1. any four-legged flesh-eating animal of the genus Canis, of many breeds domesticated and wild, kept …
Oxford English vocab
BIT — 1. n.1 a small piece or quantity (a bit of cheese; give me another bit; that bit is too small). …
Oxford English vocab
OFF — The preposition is pronounced /ɒf, AM ɔ:f/. The adverb is pronounced /ɒf, AM ɔ:f/ Frequency: The word is one of …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HAIR — ( hairs) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. Your hair is the …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DOG
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BIT — ( bits) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. A bit of something …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
YOU
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HAIR — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a hair appointment (= to have your hair cut ) ▪ I’d like to make …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DOG — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a dog wags its tail/its tail wags ▪ Domino rushed to meet her, tail …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BIT — I. adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bit depressed British English spoken: ▪ I felt a bit depressed because I …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HAIR — [noun] - the mass of thin threadlike structures on the head of a person, or any of these structures that …
Cambridge English vocab
DOG — n. Dog Star Bernese mountain dog dog salmon Eskimo dog guide dog Seeing Eye dog Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
DOG
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
HAIR — See: CURL ONE'S HAIR, GET GRAY HAIR or GET GRAY, GIVE GRAY HAIR, HANG BY A THREAD or HANG BY …
Slang English vocab
OFF — adj. sup off sup off or up back off blow off bring off buck off bug off bump off burn …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
HAIR — n. 25B6; noun her thick black hair : HEAD OF HAIR, shock of hair, mane, mop; locks, tresses, curls, ringlets. …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
DOG — n. 25B6; noun she went for a walk with her dog : HOUND, canine, mongrel; pup, puppy; informal doggy, pooch; …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
HAIR — See: CURL ONE'S HAIR, GET GRAY HAIR or GET GRAY, GIVE GRAY HAIR, HANG BY A THREAD or HANG BY …
Словарь английских идиом
HAIR — The Hebrews were fully alive to the importance of the hair as an element of personal beauty. Long hair was …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
HAIR — noun 1 BAD : He had a black hair and very clear eyes. GOOD : He had black hair and …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
BIT — I noun See BIT (↑ bit ) II pronoun 1 DUBIOUS : 'An' is a bit problematic. GOOD : 'An' …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
OFF — 1. нареч. 1) указывает на отдаление, удаление от чего-л. He had to be off. ≈ Ему нужно было уйти. to …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HAIR — сущ. 1) волосы to brush hair, comb hair ≈ причесывать волосы to backcomb hair, tease hair амер. hair ≈ начесывать …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь

English Idioms vocabulary

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