pretend itneverhappenedshortend ofthe stickfarexceedsweepit underthe rugburnbridgesreceivea lesserrewardknock hersocks Offbendingoverbackwardto wantouttryingveryhardso differentfrom oneanother thatthey cannotbe compareddo notcrydrop ofa hatcompareapplesandorangesthe appledoesn't fallfar fromthe treeruin apositiverelationshipuntil thecowscomehomejumpShipa child'sactions arevery much liketheir parent'sactionsveryquicklywaitinga longtimestiffupperacomplicatednewproblemopen awholenew canof wormspretend itneverhappenedshortend ofthe stickfarexceedsweepit underthe rugburnbridgesreceivea lesserrewardknock hersocks Offbendingoverbackwardto wantouttryingveryhardso differentfrom oneanother thatthey cannotbe compareddo notcrydrop ofa hatcompareapplesandorangesthe appledoesn't fallfar fromthe treeruin apositiverelationshipuntil thecowscomehomejumpShipa child'sactions arevery much liketheir parent'sactionsveryquicklywaitinga longtimestiffupperacomplicatednewproblemopen awholenew canof worms

Idioms 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. pretend it never happened
  2. short end of the stick
  3. far exceed
  4. sweep it under the rug
  5. burn bridges
  6. receive a lesser reward
  7. knock her socks Off
  8. bending over backward
  9. to want out
  10. trying very hard
  11. so different from one another that they cannot be compared
  12. do not cry
  13. drop of a hat
  14. compare apples and oranges
  15. the apple doesn't fall far from the tree
  16. ruin a positive relationship
  17. until the cows come home
  18. jump Ship
  19. a child's actions are very much like their parent's actions
  20. very quickly
  21. waiting a long time
  22. stiff upper
  23. a complicated new problem
  24. open a whole new can of worms