jig is up

Idioms  

1. see game is up.

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Example Sentences

“I’m afraid the jig is up, dear. He’s onto us.”

From Literature

But though they’re different in many respects, the two best friends can see right through each other, and there’s a clock ticking until the jig is up.

From Salon

I was like, OK, the jig is up.

From Los Angeles Times

Ironically, when the “jig is up” and even months or years later with the exception of those who may have been financially or emotionally ruined because of the fraudulent experience, most of the other marks who have been deceived tend to excuse the fraudster rationalizing his behavior one way or the other and/or blaming themselves instead.

From Salon

“The jig is up,” said Fran Drescher, president of SAG-AFTRA and once the titular star of “The Nanny” at SAG’s press conference Thursday.

From Seattle Times