Pictionary word ideas: Idioms & expressions
Want a real challenge? This page lists idioms and expressions to draw in Pictionary, like raining cats and dogs, spill the beans, the elephant in the room or cost an arm and a leg.
The secret is to draw the words literally, not the meaning. Cats and dogs falling from a cloud. A jar tipping over with beans everywhere. A huge elephant sitting in a tiny living room while everyone pretends not to notice. The sillier the picture, the faster your friends will make the connection. Since every idiom is a whole phrase, guessers usually find it piece by piece, so draw the key object first. This category is best for experienced players, teens and adults, and it's surprisingly useful in an English class too: students remember an idiom much better once they've seen it drawn. For more silly scenes, check out absurd situations.
Create a game and pick this category in the settings.
Medium 2 words
- all ears
- see red
Hard 110 words
- a blessing in disguise
- a drop in the ocean
- a fish out of water
- a piece of cake
- a storm in a teacup
- a wolf in sheep's clothing
- add fuel to the fire
- back to square one
- barking up the wrong tree
- beat around the bush
- big mouth
- bite off more than you can chew
- bite the bullet
- bite the dust
- black sheep
- blind as a bat
- blow your own trumpet
- break a leg
- break the ice
- bright idea
- burning the midnight oil
- bury your head in the sand
- busy as a bee
- caught red-handed
- chase rainbows
- climb the walls
- cold feet
- cool as a cucumber
- cost an arm and a leg
- cross your fingers
- crying over spilled milk
- cut corners
- dark horse
- down in the dumps
- draw a blank
- fishy business
- full of beans
- give someone a hand
- go back to the drawing board
- green thumb
- green with envy
- have a ball
- have a frog in your throat
- have a heart of gold
- have butterflies in your stomach
- head in the clouds
- hit the books
- hit the nail on the head
- hit the road
- hit the sack
- hit two birds with one stone
- hold your horses
- in the same boat
- jump on the bandwagon
- jump the gun
- keep your chin up
- keep your head above water
- leave no stone unturned
- lend a hand
- let sleeping dogs lie
- let the cat out of the bag
- light bulb moment
- long face
- look before you leap
- make a mountain out of a molehill
- miss the boat
- not my cup of tea
- on cloud nine
- on thin ice
- once in a blue moon
- open a can of worms
- out of the blue
- pull someone's leg
- put all your eggs in one basket
- put your foot in it
- quiet as a mouse
- raining cats and dogs
- read between the lines
- red as a tomato
- see eye to eye
- see the light at the end of the tunnel
- sit on the fence
- slow as a snail
- spill the beans
- spill the tea
- strike while the iron is hot
- strong as an ox
- sweet tooth
- take it with a grain of salt
- take the bull by the horns
- the ball is in your court
- the best of both worlds
- the elephant in the room
- the last straw
- the tip of the iceberg
- the writing on the wall
- throw in the towel
- tickled pink
- time flies
- turn over a new leaf
- two peas in a pod
- under someone's thumb
- under the weather
- walk on sunshine
- walking on eggshells
- when pigs fly
- white as a sheet
- wise as an owl
- wolf down your food
- you can't judge a book by its cover