addfuel tothe fireon thinicehit theroadcry overspilledmilkfacethemusicto letsomeoneoff thehooktimefliesthroughthickand thincall ita daycutcornersmisstheboatin hotwaterbreakthebankto hitthejackpotkeepyourchin upby theskin ofyour teethoncloudnineto feelunder theweathertake itwith agrain ofsaltseeeye toeyerain onsomeone’sparadebreaka legpullsomeone’slegcosts anarm anda lega pieceof cakewhenpigs flythe tipof theiceberghit thesackto paythroughthe nosemake along storyshortback tosquareonehit thebooksbite offmore thanyou canchewletsleepingdogs liethe bestof bothworldscut tothechaseundertheweathergo theextramilenopain,no gainonce ina bluemoonthe ballis in yourcourtburningthemidnightoilto takethe bull bythe hornsbreakthe icestealsomeone’sthunderlet thecat out ofthe baghit thenail onthe headspillthebeansjump onthebandwagonto be oncloudninebarkingup thewrongtreeoncebitten,twice shyyou can’tjudge abook byits coverbiteyourtonguesit onthefenceaddfuel tothe fireon thinicehit theroadcry overspilledmilkfacethemusicto letsomeoneoff thehooktimefliesthroughthickand thincall ita daycutcornersmisstheboatin hotwaterbreakthebankto hitthejackpotkeepyourchin upby theskin ofyour teethoncloudnineto feelunder theweathertake itwith agrain ofsaltseeeye toeyerain onsomeone’sparadebreaka legpullsomeone’slegcosts anarm anda lega pieceof cakewhenpigs flythe tipof theiceberghit thesackto paythroughthe nosemake along storyshortback tosquareonehit thebooksbite offmore thanyou canchewletsleepingdogs liethe bestof bothworldscut tothechaseundertheweathergo theextramilenopain,no gainonce ina bluemoonthe ballis in yourcourtburningthemidnightoilto takethe bull bythe hornsbreakthe icestealsomeone’sthunderlet thecat out ofthe baghit thenail onthe headspillthebeansjump onthebandwagonto be oncloudninebarkingup thewrongtreeoncebitten,twice shyyou can’tjudge abook byits coverbiteyourtonguesit onthefence

55 idioms ESL - 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. add fuel to the fire
  2. on thin ice
  3. hit the road
  4. cry over spilled milk
  5. face the music
  6. to let someone off the hook
  7. time flies
  8. through thick and thin
  9. call it a day
  10. cut corners
  11. miss the boat
  12. in hot water
  13. break the bank
  14. to hit the jackpot
  15. keep your chin up
  16. by the skin of your teeth
  17. on cloud nine
  18. to feel under the weather
  19. take it with a grain of salt
  20. see eye to eye
  21. rain on someone’s parade
  22. break a leg
  23. pull someone’s leg
  24. costs an arm and a leg
  25. a piece of cake
  26. when pigs fly
  27. the tip of the iceberg
  28. hit the sack
  29. to pay through the nose
  30. make a long story short
  31. back to square one
  32. hit the books
  33. bite off more than you can chew
  34. let sleeping dogs lie
  35. the best of both worlds
  36. cut to the chase
  37. under the weather
  38. go the extra mile
  39. no pain, no gain
  40. once in a blue moon
  41. the ball is in your court
  42. burning the midnight oil
  43. to take the bull by the horns
  44. break the ice
  45. steal someone’s thunder
  46. let the cat out of the bag
  47. hit the nail on the head
  48. spill the beans
  49. jump on the bandwagon
  50. to be on cloud nine
  51. barking up the wrong tree
  52. once bitten, twice shy
  53. you can’t judge a book by its cover
  54. bite your tongue
  55. sit on the fence