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
behind
UK /bɪˈhaɪnd/ US /ˈbiːˌhaɪnd/
prep 5adv 5noun 5adj 2
Collocations
5ADJ.
beautiful, corporate, large, left, long, soon, tied, under
The large corporate merger left many small businesses behind in the market.
VERB + BEHIND
collects, coming, fall, fits, garden, hands, hiding, lag
The dog ran behind the garden fence and refused to come back.
BEHIND + NOUN
classroom, garage, hill, mountains, stock, thing, trees, vehicle
The old barn was hidden behind the mountains, so we never noticed it before.
PREP.
from, in, up, upon, with, without
The project fell behind schedule because we didn't have the right equipment.
ADV.
also, once, solidly
She was once behind on her mortgage payments but managed to catch up.
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