Guess the Idiom! 70 Illustrated Idioms + Game Suggestions

Help your students learn and revise a variety of idioms using this fun illustrations game!

This activity includes 70 illustrated idioms (see full list below)- a total of 140 large cards (2 cards per A4-sized page).

It also includes suggestions for two games you can play with your class using these idioms-

A memory game and a group competition which includes physical activity.

Full list of idioms included in this activity:

1. Piece of cake
2. To cut corners
3. Don’t judge a book by its cover
4. Break a leg
5. Let the cat out of the bag
6. Stealing someone’s thunder
7. Spill the beans
8. The ball is in your court
9. Comparing apples to oranges
10. Jump on the bandwagon
11. At a snail’s pace
12. A couch potato
13. Get off your high horse
14. Crying wolf
15. Draw a blank
16. Bury your head in the sand
17. Sell ice to Eskimos
18. Pulling someone’s leg
19. Letting someone off the hook
20. When pigs fly
21. Speak of the devil
22. To feel under the weather
23. It takes two to tango
24. Don’t put all your eggs in one basket
25. It’s raining cats and dogs
26. Give someone the cold shoulder
27. The elephant in the room
28. You can’t have your cake and eat it too
29. A penny for your thoughts
30. We’ll cross that bridge when we get to it
31. Like two peas in a pod
32. Born with a silver spoon in one’s mouth
33. Out of the blue
34. I’m all ears
35. A smart cookie
36. Get cold feet
37. Hold your horses
38. Teacher’s pet
39. Heard it through the grapevine
40. Hitting the nail on the head
41. Cat got your tongue?
42. Time is money
43. Busy as a bee
44. A picture is worth a thousand words
45. Twist someone’s arm
46. Face the music
47. The last straw
48. Don’t cry over spilt milk
49. A hot potato
50. Cut to the chase
51. Cool as a cucumber
52. The world is your oyster
53. Break the ice
54. A perfect storm
55. Fish out of water
56. A bull in a china shop
57. Apple of my eye
58. In the same boat
59. The tip of the iceberg
60. Burn bridges
61. A blessing in disguise
62. The best of both worlds
63. Getting a taste of your own medicine
64. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
65. Once in a blue moon
66. Read between the lines
67. Butterflies in the stomach
68. A bad apple
69. Ring a bell
70. Can of worms

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