behind bars

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

In jail, in prison.

figuratively, idiomatic

Equivalents

Españolentre rejas tras las rejas

Françaisau violon derrière les barreaux

Deutschhinter Gitter hinter schwedischen Gardinen

13 more languages

العربيةخَلْفَ الْقُضْبَان وَرَاءَ الْقُضْبَان

Suomikalterien takana telkien taakse telkien takanavankilassa

Magyarrács mögött

Italianodietro le sbarre

日本語獄中で

한국어감옥에서

Nederlandsachter de tralies

Polskiza kratkami za kratki

Portuguêsatrás das grades

Românădupă gratii

Русскийза решёткой

Svenskabakom lås och bom

Tagaloghimas-rehas

Examples

“There is one kind of prison where the man is behind bars, and everything that he desires is outside; and there is another kind where the things are behind the bars, and the man is outside.”

“Some 460,000 Americans are behind bars for drug offenses.”

“Leading Jordanian exponents of the Salafi-jihadi world view ⟳, such as Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi, are now behind bars or silent, fearing arrest by the powerful mukhabarat secret police.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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See also

behind closed doors behind every successful man there stands a woman behind its time behind post behind someone's back behind the arc

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