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
Artemidoros	-	Ancient Greek
Simo	SEE-mo (Finnish)	Finnish, Serbian
Cloelius	-	Ancient Roman
Annie	['æni]
Nitin	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Telugu, Kannada
Marvin	MAHR-vin (English), MAHR-veen (German)	English, German