Meaning of off one's feed | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Not eating normally.
2. Rather unwell, especially with a reduced or altered appetite; somewhat disoriented or disconcerted.
   idiomatic

Examples

“"Nothing serious," the veterinarian added. "He was just off his feed⟳ a trifle."”

“"My dairy farmers tell⟳ me that because of the heat the cows are just off their feed⟳."”

““He wos took wery bad one arternoon, arter having been off his feed⟳, and wery shaky on his legs for some veeks.””

“I asked some questions about Jack Benton, and one of the men told me that he was off 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.”

“‘Something is the matter⟳ with Psmith. He is off his feed⟳. He should try⟳ Blenkinsop's Balm for the Bilious.’”

“The heavyweight champion of the world was off 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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