be off one's oats

be off one's oats
разг.
недомогать, прихварывать; потерять аппетит

He... haunted the house... danced with her half the night, and so on till naturally the poor kid, who's quite off her oats about him, took it for granted that it was only a question of time before he suggested that they should feed for life out of the same crib. (P. G. Wodehouse, ‘Very Good Jeeves!’, ch. IV) — Таппи Глоссоп... часто посещал дом Анджелы... танцевал с ней до полуночи, и, естественно, все это кончилось тем, что бедная девочка лишилась из-за него аппетита. Она была уверена, что он позовет ее к своей кормушке и что это только вопрос времени.

Bill: "...Elmer here's a bit off his oats. 'Fraid he's in for a dose of malaria." (D. Cusack, ‘Shoulder the Sky’, act III) — Билл: "...Элмер не совсем здоров. Боюсь, что у него начинается приступ малярии."


Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.

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