keepyourchin upthe ballis in yourcourtnopain,no gainburningthemidnightoilhit thenail onthe headin hotwatercry overspilledmilkoncebitten,twice shyundertheweathercosts anarm anda legpullsomeone’slega pieceof cakebreaka legonce ina bluemooncutcornersthe bestof bothworldsbiteyourtonguefacethemusicbite offmore thanyou canchewbreakthe iceback tosquareonehit thesackletsleepingdogs liesit onthefencewhenpigs flycall ita daymisstheboatrain onsomeone’sparadeby theskin ofyour teethjump onthebandwagonon thinicestealsomeone’sthunderlet thecat out ofthe bagmake along storyshortseeeye toeyespillthebeansgo theextramilehit thebookstake itwith agrain ofsaltcut tothechasekeepyourchin upthe ballis in yourcourtnopain,no gainburningthemidnightoilhit thenail onthe headin hotwatercry overspilledmilkoncebitten,twice shyundertheweathercosts anarm anda legpullsomeone’slega pieceof cakebreaka legonce ina bluemooncutcornersthe bestof bothworldsbiteyourtonguefacethemusicbite offmore thanyou canchewbreakthe iceback tosquareonehit thesackletsleepingdogs liesit onthefencewhenpigs flycall ita daymisstheboatrain onsomeone’sparadeby theskin ofyour teethjump onthebandwagonon thinicestealsomeone’sthunderlet thecat out ofthe bagmake along storyshortseeeye toeyespillthebeansgo theextramilehit thebookstake itwith agrain ofsaltcut tothechase

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