hit thebooksback tosquareonethe ballis in yourcourtspillthebeanswhenpigs flyhit thenail onthe headstealsomeone’sthunderundertheweatherhit thesackoncebitten,twice shythe bestof bothworldsonce ina bluemoonin hotwatertake itwith agrain ofsaltcall ita daybiteyourtonguemisstheboaton thinicemake along storyshortletsleepingdogs lierain onsomeone’sparadecosts anarm anda legbite offmore thanyou canchewkeepyourchin upbreakthe icelet thecat out ofthe bagnopain,no gaingo theextramilefacethemusiccutcornerscut tothechasebreaka legby theskin ofyour teethpullsomeone’slega pieceof cakeburningthemidnightoilcry overspilledmilksit onthefencejump onthebandwagonseeeye toeyehit thebooksback tosquareonethe ballis in yourcourtspillthebeanswhenpigs flyhit thenail onthe headstealsomeone’sthunderundertheweatherhit thesackoncebitten,twice shythe bestof bothworldsonce ina bluemoonin hotwatertake itwith agrain ofsaltcall ita daybiteyourtonguemisstheboaton thinicemake along storyshortletsleepingdogs lierain onsomeone’sparadecosts anarm anda legbite offmore thanyou canchewkeepyourchin upbreakthe icelet thecat out ofthe bagnopain,no gaingo theextramilefacethemusiccutcornerscut tothechasebreaka legby theskin ofyour teethpullsomeone’slega pieceof cakeburningthemidnightoilcry overspilledmilksit onthefencejump onthebandwagonseeeye toeye

40 - Idioms - 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. hit the books
  2. back to square one
  3. the ball is in your court
  4. spill the beans
  5. when pigs fly
  6. hit the nail on the head
  7. steal someone’s thunder
  8. under the weather
  9. hit the sack
  10. once bitten, twice shy
  11. the best of both worlds
  12. once in a blue moon
  13. in hot water
  14. take it with a grain of salt
  15. call it a day
  16. bite your tongue
  17. miss the boat
  18. on thin ice
  19. make a long story short
  20. let sleeping dogs lie
  21. rain on someone’s parade
  22. costs an arm and a leg
  23. bite off more than you can chew
  24. keep your chin up
  25. break the ice
  26. let the cat out of the bag
  27. no pain, no gain
  28. go the extra mile
  29. face the music
  30. cut corners
  31. cut to the chase
  32. break a leg
  33. by the skin of your teeth
  34. pull someone’s leg
  35. a piece of cake
  36. burning the midnight oil
  37. cry over spilled milk
  38. sit on the fence
  39. jump on the bandwagon
  40. see eye to eye