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