Where does the expression “the Jig is up come from”?
Where does the expression “the Jig is up come from”?
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proboly some rapper, Ive never heard of it.
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The jig is up means the dance is over – its time to go home or to stop things, you know? Dance, as in dancing around something – maybe the truth… The dance of lying to people or swindling people or whatever… A cute – and old – saying.
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Can’t say I’ve ever heard of ‘the jig is up come from’.
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The phrase “the jig is up” surfaced more than 200 years ago. The exact origin is unknown,
http://www.cbc.ca/news/indepth/words/gigjig.html
maybe that will help
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origin unknown…over 200 years old…sometimes spelled gig
It is believed it originally referred to the end of either a ‘trick or game.’
Today it is defined as a scheme that’s been ‘revealed or foiled,’ ‘all chances for success are gone,’ esp. when applied to ‘risky or improper’ strategies.
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