Welcome to this weekly English expression episode on the Aussie English podcast!

Today’s expression is “the jig is up”.

If you get asked to take a guess on what it means, I’d totally understand if you come up with several ones – that 3-letter short word “jig” has many meanings!

No worries, today’s your day to learn all about it!

For this episode’s Q and A, I answer a question from IG user Hamed who asks “What are bell peppers called in Australia? When I go to Subway, no one knows what a bell pepper is!” 😂

Apparently, some people find it weird that Australians call bell peppers “capsicum”. Yes, we use the scientific name. Weird, but it works!

There’s also a joke today about a definition of the word ‘jig’!

We will also break down the different words & phrases in the expression “the jig is up”.

There will be examples of how I would use the phrase in daily conversations.

Don’t miss out on listening to the Pronunciation Exercise to learn how to pronounce the expression.

And finally, be sure to download this episode’s FREE worksheet and listen to a longer-than-usual clip from the new Australian series “Troppo”.

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