Brewer's: Off his Head

Delirious, deranged, not able to use his head; so “off his feed,” not able to eat or enjoy his food. The latter phrase is applied to horses which refuse to eat their food.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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