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