the jig is up

idiom

US, informal + old-fashioned

—used to say that a dishonest plan or activity has been discovered and will not be allowed to continue

The jig is up: where did you hide the stolen goods?

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America is at the start of the third act now, where the jig is up but things haven’t yet wound down. —

Harry Siegel, New York Daily News, 13 July 2024

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