one's jig is up

Phrase

 * 1)   [for one].
 * 2) * 1836, Horatio Hastings Weld, "The Martyr to Science", in Corrected Proofs, Russell, Shattuck &amp; Co., page 74,
 * P.S. C'est en fait—my jig is up! While under the barber's hands this morning, a boy posted up in the shop the programme of a course of Phrenological Lectures !
 * 1) * 1920, Ethel and James Dorrance, Glory Rides the Range, The Macaulay Company, page 272,
 * "You tell the lie!" she accused. "And you'd better quit, for your jig is up. I've got you right. [&hellip;]"
 * 1) * 2006, Derrick Parker and Matt Diehl, Notorious C.O.P.: the inside story of the Tupac, Biggie, and Jam Master Jay investigations from the NYPD's first "hip-hop cop", St. Martin's Press, ISBN 0312352514, page 102,
 * But I'd convinced a witness to come in, [&hellip;] Sure enough, when we brought Marshall in for the lineup, she picked him right away. &para; Marshall was naturally upset that his jig was up, [&hellip;]