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verb

rallumer la chaudière

/ʁa.ly.me la ʃo.djɛʁ/

verb/ʁa.ly.me la ʃo.djɛʁ/

to take a hair of the dog that bit one (to take an alcoholic drink the morning after to try and cure a hangover)

Synonyms: soigner le mal par le mal

Literally, “to turn the boiler back on.”