the big house

n. a state or federal penitentiary. Two years in the big house is like two years in a custom-made hell.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Sergej	syer-GYAY (Russian), seer-GYAY (Russian)	Russian, Bulgarian
Astman	['æstmən]
Radobod	-	Ancient Germanic
ÅKe	AW-ke	Swedish
Kleon	-	Ancient Greek
Lavern	lə-VURN	English