Meaning:
For a ruse or trick to be discovered; to be caught.
Examples:
- He used his name, so the jig is up.
- All right, Simpsons, the jig is up.
- Well, the jig is up.
- Looks like the jig is up.
- But the jig is up, and now come the consequences.
- Tarrlok, the jig is up and you have nowhere to go.
- The jig is up, and she knows it.
- Look, I know the jig is up.
- The jig is up, you might as well hand yourself in!
- Well, the jig is up, everyone.