behind bars
In jail, in prison.
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
ADJ.
behind, expensive, gay, gold, good, inside, noisy, regular
She spent all evening at the expensive bars downtown with her friends.
VERB + BARS
broke, buried, don't, frozen, go, invented, like, parallel
My dog broke the frozen bars of ice that formed on the water trough.
BARS + NOUN
blues, months, pubs, summer, they're, way, years
We spent the summer months hopping between bars in the old quarter of town.
PREP.
around, in, in, on, with
The prisoners were locked in bars for the night.
ADV.
away
The prisoners were locked behind bars away from the rest of the world.