English-Dutch translations for behind bars

• achter de tralies
  Wij zijn allemaal dankbaar dat Milosevic achter de tralies zit. We are all grateful for the fact that Milosevic is behind bars.
  Hij had een heleboel tijd om te oefenen achter de tralies; misschien zou hij nu even zijn mond kunnen houden ... He had a lot of time practising behind bars; maybe he could shut up now for a moment...
  Alle retoriek ten spijt zijn er nog maar weinig mensensmokkelaars daadwerkelijk achter de tralies gezet. For all the rhetoric, how many people-traffickers have actually been put behind bars?

Definition of behind bars

• In jail, in prison

Related words

• be behind bars
• behind someone's back
• behind somebody's back
• behind someone’s back
• behind one's back
• talk bad behind someone's back
• with one hand tied behind the back