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the jig is up

Refers to a ruse or trick that has been discovered. The game is over, the time of reckoning is here.
OMG -The jig is up - My girlfriend, Sally, has found out about my tryst with Jody last week and she's on her way over here now!!!!
the jig is up by G L Runyan October 8, 2008
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dance the hempen jig 

To be hanged by the neck until dead. An old pirate term.
If those scalawags catch us, they'll make us dance the hempen jig!
dance the hempen jig by Adolytsi September 2, 2005

Hangmans jig 

When a persons neck does not break when hung, instead the muscles in the neck and back are torn. This causes the victim to spasm in agony while suffocating to death...giving the impression of dancing a crude and horrifying jigg
18th century London: One John Leech accused of murder, sentenced to hang. He prayed for a clean break but found himself dancing the Hangmans jig.
Hangmans jig by Gallow's Humor March 15, 2011
A person of Asian and African American decent.
I believe she is a jap-jig.
jap-jig by jerrs5 June 17, 2019

courtesy jig

A brief stupor in which two people are walking directly toward each other. Both patrons attempt to move out of the way of each other but instead, consistently move IN the way of each other. This can last as long as one cycle to about three, at the end of the third cycle both performing the jig feel a strong yet temporary connection with each other and mysteriously predict which direction to go with 100% accuracy.
i was walking to class when suddenly i was performing a courtesy jig with a beefy somoan who wanted to get to the parking lot.
courtesy jig by HXBuns October 13, 2009

Simi Jig 

Australian term for being unable to remember a persons name.

Similar to thinga - me - jig except relating to a person rather then an item.
“Does simi jig still live in that house? “
You mean Dave?

“Yeah that’s him !”
Simi Jig by Grampsy December 26, 2018