a small meal.

You'll feel better once you've had a bite to eat.

Usage notes: often used with quick:

I usually sleep late and just have a quick bite to eat when I get to work.

• off someone's hands
• off the agenda
• off the air
• off the back of a lorry
• off the bat
• off the beaten path
• off the beaten track
• off the books
• off the charts
• off the cuff
• off-the-cuff
• off the face of the earth
• off the hook
• off the map
• off the mark
• off the peg
• off the rack
• off the record
• off-the-record
• off the shelf
• off the top of head
• off the top of your head
• off the wagon
• off-the-wall
• off the wall