long arm of the law
неизбежное наказание, "у закона длинные руки"
No matter where a criminal is he will be found and punished due to the long arm of the law.
Другие идиомы:
- give one's right arm (for someone or something)
- long haul
- up in arms
- long in the tooth
- welcome (someone) with open arms
- twist (someone's) arm
- long shot
- shot in the arm
- long face
- arm in arm
- armpit of (somewhere)
- with open arms
- receive (someone) with open arms
- cost an arm and a leg
- long and the short of it