Idiom

Einen Kater haben

Literal: to have a tomcat. Actual: to have a hangover.

This phrase means that someone is suffering from a hangover. It originates from the medical term 'catarrh' (mucous inflammation), which 19th-century university students jokingly pronounced as 'Kater'.

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Einen Kater haben

Einen Kater haben

Literal: to have a tomcat. Actual: to have a hangover.

This phrase means that someone is suffering from a hangover. It originates from the medical term 'catarrh' (mucous inflammation), which 19th-century university students jokingly pronounced as 'Kater'.

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