lose appetite

lose (one's) appetite

To no longer be hungry; to no longer have a desire or inclination to eat. Hearing the gruesome details of the murder made me lose my appetite. The news was so sobering that we all lost our appetites.
See also: appetite, lose
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

lose one's appetite

to lose one's desire to eat. After that gory movie, I'm afraid I've lost my appetite.
See also: appetite, lose
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • lose (one's) appetite
  • the bloom is off the peach
  • the blush is off the peach
  • be out of (one's) hair
  • get out of (one's) hair
  • get out of hair
  • stay still
  • moot point
  • moot point, a
  • moot question
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From such reactions we also lose appetite to continue dealing with them," he said.
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