• take the gilt off the gingerbread

• off the cuff

• get off the mark

• soft-pedal

• get off the a good bad start

• get it off the ground

• off the hook

• live off the fat of the land

• off the record

• hats off to him

• off the beaten track

• softly-softly

• take one's hat off to him

• better off that way

• off the top of one's head

• put off the evil hour

• off the rails

• put him off the scent

• go off the deep end

• quick off the mark

• off the peg

• fly off the handle

• get off to a flying start