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A list of phrases related to the word "prison"...
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A
prisoner
of conscience
A slip of the
pen
As black as Newgate's knocker
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Bean Burrito ( Nickname of basketball player
Nick
Young )
Birdman Of Alcatraz ( Burt Lancaster movie )
Cell
division ( biology )
Cool your heels
Cooler
heads will prevail
Criminal
stupidity
Detained at Her Majesty's pleasure
Dip your
pen
in gall
Don't have nightmares ( A catchphrase from
Nick
Ross )
Drunk tank
Folsom Prison Blues ( Johnny Cash song )
Get out of
jail
free
Get out of
jail
free card ( a means of avoiding justice - from the eponymous card in the Monopoly boardgame )
Go directly to jail, do not pass go
Go over the wall
Harry Potter And The
Prisoner
Of Azkaban ( J. K. Rowling book )
I fought the law and the law won
In good
nick
In the
nick
of time
In the
slammer
It's a dirty job, but somebody has to do it ( A catchphrase from
Nick
Stone In Tightrope )
Jail
bait
Jail
bird
Jailhouse
Rock ( Elvis Presley song )
Jonnies out of
jail
Keep behind bars
Nick
at Night ( Nickname of
Nick
Van Exel )
Nick
is for kids ( Nickelodeon TV channel advertising slogan )
Nick
the Quick ( Nickname of
Nick
Van Exel )
Number Six ( Pseudonym of Peter Smith The
Prisoner
( Patrick McGoohan ) )
Old lag
On death row
Pay your debt to society
Pen
and ink ( Cockney rhyming slang for stink )
Poison
pen
letter
Prison works
Put
pen
to paper
Send down
Serve your time
Short sharp shock
The Adventure of the
Solitary
Cyclist ( Sherlock Holmes story )
The Biscuit ( Nickname of John
Cage
( Peter MacNicol ) )
The Prisoner's Song ( Vernon Dalhart song )
The Tower of London ( tourist attraction in England )
The inmates are running the
asylum
The
pen
is mightier than sword
Under lock and key
War
criminal
( someone who has flouted the Geneva Convention )
Who rattled your cage?