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Figurative Language - 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. to break the ice
  2. a person is considered a giant
  3. face the music
  4. take a rain check
  5. in a nutshell
  6. to put her foot down
  7. beating around the bush
  8. gave me the cold shoulder
  9. a green thumb
  10. Free!
  11. on the back burner
  12. head over heels
  13. a thorn in one’s side
  14. feeling like a little frog in a big pond
  15. Butterflies in one’s stomach
  16. costs an arm and a leg