English 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.

1. keep it at bay
2. as it were
3. keep one's head
4. goes public
5. come of age
6. every once in a while
7. make a mark
8. rule of thumb
9. first off
10. lose one's head
11. for real
12. one’s best bet
13. speak for yourself
14. fall short of
15. stay put
16. do the trick
17. across the board
18. meet someone's eye
19. on the horizon
20. in light of
21. nothing less than
22. on someone's mind
23. be there for someone
24. do justice
25. come under fire
26. from scratch
27. do away with