Idioms charades: play online
Press Start for random Idioms cards with a timer. Act each one out without speaking while your team guesses. The full deck has 70 cards.
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How to act out Idioms
Everyday English sayings and expressions, acted out word for word or by their meaning. A strong deck for English learners, older children and wordplay fans, and it often produces very funny literal interpretations.
- Ages 10+
- 3-10 players
- 120-second rounds
- Hold up fingers for the number of words, then act the literal picture of the phrase first.
- If the literal picture fails, act a situation in which someone would use the saying.
- Show little words like a, the or on by holding your thumb and finger close together.
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