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