a child’sactions arevery much liketheir parent’sactionsruin apositiverelationshipacomplicatednewproblemto wantoutopen awholenew canof wormswaitinga longtimeshortend ofthe stickreceivea lesserrewarddrop ofa hatuntil thecowscomehomestiffupperlipburnbridgestryingveryhardbendingoverbackwardsthe appledoesn’t fallfar fromthe treejumpshipfarexceedknockher socksoffBONUScompareapplesandorangesdo notcryacomplicatednewproblemso differentfrom oneanother thatthey cannotbe comparedveryquicklya child’sactions arevery much liketheir parent’sactionsruin apositiverelationshipacomplicatednewproblemto wantoutopen awholenew canof wormswaitinga longtimeshortend ofthe stickreceivea lesserrewarddrop ofa hatuntil thecowscomehomestiffupperlipburnbridgestryingveryhardbendingoverbackwardsthe appledoesn’t fallfar fromthe treejumpshipfarexceedknockher socksoffBONUScompareapplesandorangesdo notcryacomplicatednewproblemso differentfrom oneanother thatthey cannotbe comparedveryquickly

Idiom Bingo - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.


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  1. a child’s actions are very much like their parent’s actions
  2. ruin a positive relationship
  3. a complicated new problem
  4. to want out
  5. open a whole new can of worms
  6. waiting a long time
  7. short end of the stick
  8. receive a lesser reward
  9. drop of a hat
  10. until the cows come home
  11. stiff upper lip
  12. burn bridges
  13. trying very hard
  14. bending over backwards
  15. the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree
  16. jump ship
  17. far exceed
  18. knock her socks off
  19. BONUS
  20. compare apples and oranges
  21. do not cry
  22. a complicated new problem
  23. so different from one another that they cannot be compared
  24. very quickly