grab a bite
Meaning: To eat something quickly.
Language: English
Literally: (Already vivid in English)
Example: “Let's grab a bite before the movie.”
Category: Food & Drink
Origin: "A bite" is a small meal. The informal American phrase is common from the 20th century.
Equivalents in other languages
- Russian: заморить червячка (zamorit' chervyachka) — literally: starve the worm
- French: Manger sur le pouce — literally: To eat on the thumb
More idioms — Food & Drink
- work for peanuts — To work for very little pay.
- small potatoes — Something unimportant or trivial.
- not for all the tea in China — Under no circumstances.
- a hard nut to crack — A difficult problem, or a person who is hard to deal with.
- have a finger in every pie — To be involved in many different things at once.
- packed like sardines — Crowded very tightly together.
More English idioms
- like a rat in a trap — Trapped with no way to escape.
- like the cat that got the cream — Very pleased with oneself.
- sit on one's hands — To do nothing when action is needed.
- flat out — As fast or as hard as possible.
- can't carry a tune in a bucket — Sings very badly.
- a smash hit — To be a huge success.
From our proverbs
- Vows made in storms are forgotten in calms. — Emotional commitments pledged during crisis dissolve once danger passes and circumstances…
- A wager is a fool's argument. — Betting replaces reasoned debate with mere chance, revealing intellectual bankruptcy when…
- He who serves well need not be afraid to ask his wages. — Honest work earns honest pay; integrity in service justifies demanding fair compensation.