You chose this, Hasan.

You.

Edit: Down-vote me all you want. He chose his career and how he balances his schedule and public exposure.

Including or excluding the Catholic Church as an organization?

"Treasure" in treasure trove is doing a lot of heavy lifting.

Dogs teach you about loyalty. Cats teach you about boundaries.

Follow Creators, Not Platforms

It's interpreted.

A "jig" is a fast lively dance, usually somewhat comical in appearance.

Because jigs were often performed as comic interludes or sketches at the end of plays, the word "jig" started to mean a a piece of entertainment or a "performance."

Eventually, slang-users in Elizabethan England started using "jig" to mean a clever trick or a "con." If you were "playing a jig" on someone, you were fooling them.

"Up" means that the "time for the performance is up" or concluded. The most common way we use "up" to mean finished is in relation to time. When a clock runs out, the time is "up."

Imagine a cup being filled with water. When it reaches the brim (the top), it is full; it can’t take anymore. In the same way, when a situation or a "jig" (a trick) reaches its limit of time or tolerance, it is "up" at the brim.​

In English, we often add "up" to verbs to show that an action is finished 100%. This is known as a "completive particle" in the study of language.

I'm married to a white woman. I think advocacy for segregation is a flawed and impractical position, but, at the risk of hypocrisy, I understand and commiserate with the foundation behind the argument.