the jig is up (English, phrase)
expansion: the jig is up (simple past the jig was up)
Senses:
glosses: An expression used to mean "We have been caught out and have no defense", or if spoken to a person who has just been found out as the perpetrator of an offense, where it means "You've been discovered".
tags: Australia
New-Zealand
US
idiomatic
Forms:
form: the jig was up
tags: past
form: jig's up
tags: alternative
form: one's jig is up
tags: alternative
form: one's jig's up
tags: alternative
form: the jig's up
tags: alternative