stealsomeone’sthunderlet thecat out ofthe baghit thesackin hotwateroncebitten,twice shythe tipof theicebergtake itwith agrain ofsaltaddfuel tothe fireburningthemidnightoilmisstheboatback tosquareonebiteyourtonguebite offmore thanyou canchewtimefliesfacethemusichit thebooksbarkingup thewrongtreeletsleepingdogs lierain onsomeone’sparadethe bestof bothworldsthroughthickand thinnopain,no gainto be oncloudnineonce ina bluemoonmake along storyshorta pieceof cakesit onthefencecosts anarm anda legto paythroughthe nosego theextramilewhenpigs flyseeeye toeyespillthebeanson thinicehit theroadto hitthejackpotto letsomeoneoff thehookjump onthebandwagonhit thenail onthe headbreaka legto feelunder theweatheroncloudninekeepyourchin upcutcornersbreakthe iceto takethe bull bythe hornsundertheweathercut tothechasebreakthebankthe ballis in yourcourtpullsomeone’slegcry overspilledmilkby theskin ofyour teethyou can’tjudge abook byits covercall ita daystealsomeone’sthunderlet thecat out ofthe baghit thesackin hotwateroncebitten,twice shythe tipof theicebergtake itwith agrain ofsaltaddfuel tothe fireburningthemidnightoilmisstheboatback tosquareonebiteyourtonguebite offmore thanyou canchewtimefliesfacethemusichit thebooksbarkingup thewrongtreeletsleepingdogs lierain onsomeone’sparadethe bestof bothworldsthroughthickand thinnopain,no gainto be oncloudnineonce ina bluemoonmake along storyshorta pieceof cakesit onthefencecosts anarm anda legto paythroughthe nosego theextramilewhenpigs flyseeeye toeyespillthebeanson thinicehit theroadto hitthejackpotto letsomeoneoff thehookjump onthebandwagonhit thenail onthe headbreaka legto feelunder theweatheroncloudninekeepyourchin upcutcornersbreakthe iceto takethe bull bythe hornsundertheweathercut tothechasebreakthebankthe ballis in yourcourtpullsomeone’slegcry overspilledmilkby theskin ofyour teethyou can’tjudge abook byits covercall ita day

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