[DOC] [TLE] Google Answers: correct phrase [PAR] Which is correct: "the gig is up" or "the jig is up"? ... "jig 'lively dance,' c.1560, 
perhaps related to M.Fr. giguer 'to dance,' or ... It is from that latter meaning that 
we get the jig is up which means, etymologically 'the game is up' or 'it's all over'. ... 
If anything is unclear or incomplete, please request clarification; I'll... [DOC] [TLE] The gig/jig is up - sayings english idiom | Ask MetaFilter [PAR] If the gig is up, the job is over and it's time to head home. Who's to say? .... I think 
it's partly because I've never associated a jig with anything but a lively, goofy 
dance. I never thought of ... They do sound similar enough, after all. [DOC] [TLE] A Literary Analysis of [PAR] If you didn't automatically recognize this clue and follow it to its conclusion, 
however, you are not alone! ... music for such a dance; A joke or trick, as in 
the phrase The jig is up; ... Over the course of the story, which lasts less than 40 
minutes in the heat of ... Especially all the things you've waited so long for, like 
absinthe. [DOC] [TLE] jig - definition of jig in English | Oxford Dictionaries [PAR] a lively dance with leaping movements., a device that hol. ... inside and you drop 
a peso and music starts playing and the chicken does a funny little jig and then 
it's over.' ... 'But it wasn't all fiddles and jigs for MacInnes when he was growing up
. .... 'If he flouts these rules, then it's time to tell him the jig is up, and he is out. [DOC] [TLE] Jig - definition of jig by The Free Dictionary [PAR] All rights reserved. ... 1. a rapid, lively, springy, irregular dance for one or more 
persons, usu. in triple meter. ..... As long as it was only stolen there was a chance 
to get it back, but if it's burned, the jig is up. ... mainmast, three Long Island 
negroes, with glittering fiddle-bows of whale ivory, were presiding over the 
hilarious jig. [DOC] [TLE] PEERS Arbiter Elegantiae [PAR] It should be even more obvious for a period ball that it is up to guests to behave ... 
It's a pleasure to hear from such an enthusiastic historical recreationist. ... If you 
can avoid colliding with the galoppers, by all means dance the polka. .... Your 
best bet - if you have any doubts at all or any fear of arriving with an over-dressed
... [DOC] [TLE] Sultrina's Guide to Dancing - SWGEmu [PAR] It's all that flyers fault from the local dance school with its promises of fame and 
fortune. ... Turning the book over you see the title Sultrina's Dance Academy. .... 
If all went well you came out of your flourish into the Left 45 position. .... Watch 
the hands especially; first the right hand is up and then you lower it slowly raising
... [DOC] [TLE] History - Northeast Ohio Contra Dance [PAR] So if you can imagine, you are doing a dance today whose roots go back to ... 
Contra dance was a universal language all dancers and dancing masters 
understood. ... These junkets as they were called were unadorned, but vigorous 
and lively. ... led its inextricable march across history, but even as it steamrolled 
over life,... [DOC] [TLE] 2300+ Fiddler on The Roof Reviews, Discount Fiddler on The Roof [PAR] Burstein also fronts a cast in which every member is up to the task. .... 
Performances are very good, as is the lively dancing choreographed by ... Danny 
Burstein, Jessica Hecht and cast make one fall in love with this musical all over 
again. ... Sher's 'Fiddler' is a directorial feat, even if some of his choices will spark 
debate. [DOC] [TLE] Previous Columns/Posted 12/15/97 - The Word Detective [PAR] Dec

Question: If this lively dance "is up", it's all over
Answer: Jig