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behind bars
Idioms and Phrases
In prison, as in All murderers should be put behind bars for life . The bars here refer to the iron rods used to confine prisoners. [c. 1900]Example Sentences
Combs, of course, is sitting behind bars for months now, awaiting trial on sex-trafficking and racketeering charges and more.
But he鈥檚 still at peace with the notion of dying behind bars 鈥 whether from age, or execution.
She was missing from the corny comedy show from early 1971 to 1973 after getting arrested for drug possession and sentenced to time behind bars.
A judge ruled Tuesday that Eugene 鈥淏ig U鈥 Henley will remain behind bars pending trial.
Eugene 鈥淏ig U鈥 Henley, an accused Crips leader, will remain behind bars while he faces charges of fraud, robbery, extortion and running a racketeering conspiracy, a federal judge in Los Angeles ruled Tuesday.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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