THE ROCK


Meaning of THE ROCK in English

Newfoundland, Canada; (on the east coast); a Federal prison on Alcatraz, a rocky island in San Francisco Bay; a prison on Riker's Island, New York

We know a girl from The Rock. Her name is Sherry Sooley.

Do you remember Birdman of Alcatraz ? Burt Lancaster plays a lifer who escapes from The Rock by swimming across the bay.

After Willie left The Rock he vowed to go straight.

Wayne Magnuson. English idioms vocabulary.      Словарь английских идиом.