behind the wire

短语

英文释义

短语
  1. In a prison camp or refugee camp. slang
    — Some were to find themselves behind the wire for virtually the entire war.
  2. In prison. broadly,slang
    — Hutton, as engineer of the train which brought the mob, was one of the first ones detained and he remained behind the wire for several days until he could prove that he had acted as he did only because of the gun at his head.

词源

A reference to the chain-link fence that surrounds a prison camp.
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