John still had his hangover at lunchtime but agreed to have another drink just to see if the hair of the dog would make him feel better.
约翰在午餐时仍有宿醉,但他同意再来一杯,看看这解宿醉的酒会不会让他觉得舒服些。
Viktor Pynzenyk, who resigned as finance minister last year after failing to stop a deliberately unrealistic budget, says that "the IMF money was not the cure but the hair of the dog."
在阻止一份刻意炮制的非理性预算失败之后,Pynzenyk去年辞去财长一职,他说“IMF的钱不是良方而是止渴之鸩。”
Ancient Romans, it seems, believed that the bite of a mad dog could only be cured by burning the dog's hair and drinking it with water.
古罗马人似乎相信,被疯狗咬了以后,只能烧掉那只狗身上的毛,加在水里喝下去,才会治好。
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