Don’t judge a book by its cover Barking up the wrong tree Let the cat out of the bag Put all your eggs in one basket Sit on the fence When pigs fly Cut to the chase Devil’s advocate Beat around the bush No pain, no gain A blessing in disguise The ball is in your court Put the cart before the horse Let sleeping dogs lie Steal someone’s thunder Once in a blue moon In the same boat Rain on someone’s parade Piece of cake Throw in the towel Zip your lips Miss the boat Time flies when you’re having fun Cutting corners A dime a dozen Take with a grain of salt Break the ice To add insult to injury Call it a day Feeling under the weather Cost an arm and a leg Under the weather Read between the lines Your guess is as good as mine Every cloud has a silver lining You can’t judge a book by its cover The best of both worlds Burning the midnight oil Make a mountain out of a molehill Hit the nail on the head Kill two birds with one stone Cry over spilled milk Jump on the bandwagon Hit the sack Throw caution to the wind On the ball Speak of the devil Butterflies in your stomach Bite the bullet Don’t judge a book by its cover Barking up the wrong tree Let the cat out of the bag Put all your eggs in one basket Sit on the fence When pigs fly Cut to the chase Devil’s advocate Beat around the bush No pain, no gain A blessing in disguise The ball is in your court Put the cart before the horse Let sleeping dogs lie Steal someone’s thunder Once in a blue moon In the same boat Rain on someone’s parade Piece of cake Throw in the towel Zip your lips Miss the boat Time flies when you’re having fun Cutting corners A dime a dozen Take with a grain of salt Break the ice To add insult to injury Call it a day Feeling under the weather Cost an arm and a leg Under the weather Read between the lines Your guess is as good as mine Every cloud has a silver lining You can’t judge a book by its cover The best of both worlds Burning the midnight oil Make a mountain out of a molehill Hit the nail on the head Kill two birds with one stone Cry over spilled milk Jump on the bandwagon Hit the sack Throw caution to the wind On the ball Speak of the devil Butterflies in your stomach Bite the bullet
(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. 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.
N-Don’t judge a book by its cover
I-Barking up the wrong tree
G-Let the cat out of the bag
O-Put all your eggs in one basket
N-Sit on the fence
N-When pigs fly
I-Cut to the chase
N-Devil’s advocate
B-Beat around the bush
O-No pain, no gain
B-A blessing in disguise
I-The ball is in your court
G-Put the cart before the horse
I-Let sleeping dogs lie
O-Steal someone’s thunder
O-Once in a blue moon
G-In the same boat
B-Rain on someone’s parade
O-Piece of cake
G-Throw in the towel
B-Zip your lips
G-Miss the boat
O-Time flies when you’re having fun
G-Cutting corners
B-A dime a dozen
B-Take with a grain of salt
B-Break the ice
B-To add insult to injury
I-Call it a day
N-Feeling under the weather
I-Cost an arm and a leg
I-Under the weather
I-Read between the lines
O-Your guess is as good as mine
O-Every cloud has a silver lining
G-You can’t judge a book by its cover
N-The best of both worlds
N-Burning the midnight oil
N-Make a mountain out of a molehill
N-Hit the nail on the head
G-Kill two birds with one stone
I-Cry over spilled milk
G-Jump on the bandwagon
B-Hit the sack
O-Throw caution to the wind
O-On the ball
G-Speak of the devil
I-Butterflies in your stomach
B-Bite the bullet