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(Australia, New Zealand, US, idiomatic) 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.

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the jig is up

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the jig is up

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Australia New-Zealand US idiomatic

(Australia, New Zealand, US, idiomatic) 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".

Japanese Meaning

悪事や嘘、策略などが露見し、もはや隠し通すことができなくなった状態を示す表現。 / 自分の不正行為や裏工作がばれて、逃れられなくなった状況を意味する。