have had (your) chips

1. if you have had your chips, something bad is going to happen to you, usually a punishment for something bad you have done.

When the police knocked on his door early in the morning, he knew he'd had his chips.

2. to miss an opportunity to achieve something you want.

John's had his chips. I gave him the chance of a promotion and he threw it away.

• the fruit of your loins
• the full monty
• the funny thing is
• the fur flies
• the game's up!
• the genie is out of the bottle
• the ghost at the feast
• the gift of the gab
• the glory days
• the glory days of
• the glory days of something
• the gloves are off
• the goggle-box
• the good old days
• the gory details
• the gospel truth
• the grand old man of
• the grand old man of something
• the grass is always greener .
• the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.
• the grass roots
• the graveyard shift
• the gravy train
• the greasy pole
• the great and the good