| 单词 | off one's oats |
| 释义 | > as lemmasoff one's oats P2. colloquial. off one's oats: having no appetite for food; disinclined to eat. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered nutrition > [adjective] > with loss of appetite off one's oats1873 anorectous1880 anorectic1894 anorexic1907 1873 W. G. Wills Luralie, Water Sprite i. v, in Drawing Room Dramas 26 I'm very cross and very ill—I'm off my oats. 1890 R. Kipling in Lippincott's Monthly Mag. Aug. 254 I'm a bit restless and off my oats. 1898 Bulletin (Sydney) 17 Dec. (Red Page) The horse is a power in Australia, and a few choice expressions spring from horses..out of collar aptly describes out of work; off his oats, sickness or state of offishness. 1930 P. G. Wodehouse Very Good, Jeeves iv. 98 The poor kid, who's quite off her oats about him. 1949 D. M. Davin Roads from Home ii. ii. 99 What's the matter, John? Off your oats this morning? 2002 Redcliffe & Bayside Herald (Queensland) (Nexis) 8 May Jason talked about how his grandmother had been unwell of late. I told him that my dear old grandmother..had been off her oats too. < as lemmas |
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