off one's feed | Idiomator

Meaning: (of an animal)Not eating normally.1915,Jack London, chapter 12, inThe Little Lady of the Big House:"Nothing serious," the veterinarian added. "He was justoff his feeda trifle."1998August 12, Rick Lyman, “Drought in Texas and Oklahoma Stunting Crops and Economies”, inNew York Times, retrieved 2 Aug. 2012:"My dairy farmers tell me that because of the heat the cows are justoff their feed."; (idiomatic,of a person)Ratherunwell, especially with a reduced or alteredappetite; somewhatdisorientedordisconcerted.1841,Charles Dickens, chapter 4, inMaster Humphrey's Clock:“He wos took wery bad one arternoon, arter having beenoff his feed, and wery shaky on his legs for some veeks.”1903,F. Marion Crawford,Man Overboard!:I asked some questions about Jack Benton, and one of the men told me that he wasoff his feed, and hardly ate anything, and swallowed all the coffee he could lay his hands on, and had used up all his own tobacco and had begun on what his brother had left.1915,P. G. Wodehouse, chapter 24, inPsmith, Journalist:‘Something is the matter with Psmith. He isoff his feed. He should try Blenkinsop's Balm for the Bilious.’1954June 28, “Sport: Bumbling Champ”, inTime:The heavyweight champion of the world wasoff his feed. . . . Rocky, ordinarily a first-rate trencherman, was pushing away from the breakfast table after downing only two eggs and a pair of lamb chops.

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