off one's feed

Have no desire to eat, have lost one's appetite, as in Even though Mom's gone only for a week, her absence puts Dad off his feed. Originating in the early 1800s and first used only for animals, this colloquial term later was applied to humans as well.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
RenÉE	rə-NE (French)	French, Dutch
Alysia	ə-LIS-yə	English
Neve	-	Irish
Viktoriya	veek-TO-ree-yah (Russian)	Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian
Afua	-	Western African, Akan
Dorina (2)	-	Hungarian