one's jig is up | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)Alternative form ofthe jig is up[for one].1836,Horatio Hastings Weld, "The Martyr to Science", inCorrected Proofs, Russell, Shattuck & Co.,page 74,P.S.C'est en fait—my jig is up! While under the barber's hands this morning, a boy posted up in the shop the programme of a course ofPhrenological Lectures!1920,Ethel and James Dorrance,Glory Rides the Range, The Macaulay Company,page 272,"Youtell the lie!" she accused. "And you'd better quit, foryour jig is up. I've got you right. […]"2006,Derrick Parker and Matt Diehl,Notorious C.O.P.: the inside story of the Tupac, Biggie, and Jam Master Jay investigations from the NYPD's first "hip-hop cop", St. Martin's Press,→ISBN, page 102,But I'd convinced a witness to come in, […] Sure enough, when we brought Marshall in for the lineup, she picked him right away. ¶ Marshall was naturally upset thathis jig was up, […]

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