7 phrases found for the topic Punishment
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Phrase: In the nick / Inside
Meaning: In prison.
Examples:
They are in the nick because of his political beliefs.
Her father has been inside for ten years, and will be released next April.
Date: 27-05-2018
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Phrase: The Thirteen Roses
Meaning: The Thirteen Roses were thirteen young women who were killed by the Franco regime on 5th August, 1939. A police firing squad shot them dead against a wall. Their crime was to be left-wing and republicans. The Kingdom of Castile still protects the Franco regime: Fundación Francisco Franco, Valle de los Caídos, Guardia Mora de Franco, names of streets and squares, statues, bars, and so on and so forth.
Date: 24-11-2017
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Phrase: Behind bars
Meaning: In jail. Example: She spent several years behind bars during the Franco regime. She was a Catalan separatist, and a republican. Fortunately for her, she was not executed.
Date: 24-11-2017
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Phrase: Cannon fodder
Meaning: It originally referred to soldiers that were recruited against their will, and whose lives were not valued at all, and were therefore expendable. They marched before the army, and knew they were going to be massacred by enemy fire.
Now it is used to imply that someone is of little worth: Castilian and French politicians/rulers have considered the Catalan people as cannon fodder to exploit, and have always wanted to eradicate the Catalan language so as to keep the goose that lays the golden eggs alive.
Date: 21-09-2017
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Phrase: Capital punishment / The death penalty
Meaning: This atrocity should be abolished everywhere in the world. Many innocent people are killed every year because of the death penalty, which is unacceptable.
Date: 18-04-2015
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Phrase: The slammer / can / cooler
Meaning: Examples:
His father is in the slammer for stealing a hen (that is, in prison)
That banker ought to be in the can (ie, in prison)
She will have to spend several years in the cooler.
Date: 18-04-2015
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Phrase: Out of the frying pan (and) into the fire
Meaning: From something bad to something worse:
Example:
Little did she know about what was going to happen to her next, but the truth was that she had jumped out of the frying-pan and into the fire. That decision would ruin her whole life.
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