off one's feed

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off one's feed

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  1. of an animal Not eating normally. "Nothing serious," the veterinarian added. "He was just off his feed a trifle."
  2. idiomatic, of a person Rather unwell, especially with a reduced or altered appetite; somewhat disoriented or disconcerted. “He wos took wery bad one arternoon, arter having been off his feed, and wery shaky on his legs for some veeks.”

    Similar: out of sorts, under the weather

Similar: inappetent

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@misc{off_one_s_feed_2026,
  title = {off one's feed},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/off%20one's%20feed},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}