Meaning of behind bars | Babel Free
Definitions
In jail, in prison.
figuratively, idiomatic
Equivalents
Deutsch
hinter Gitter
Italiano
dietro le sbarre
日本語
獄中で
한국어
감옥에서
Nederlands
achter de tralies
Polski
za kratkami
Português
atrás das grades
Русский
за решёткой
Svenska
bakom lås och bom
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.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.