English Dictionary

throw the book at

verb

(transitive, idiomatic, informal) To charge with or convict of as many crimes as possible. / (transitive, idiomatic, informal) To apply the harshest possible punishment to.

The judge decided to throw the book at the defendant for his crimes.

意味（1）

(transitive, idiomatic, informal) To charge with or convict of as many crimes as possible.

COURT THROWS BOOK AT HIM: ... Thomas Pasco, beggar, got everything the statutes would permit Judge Binkle to give him yesterday afternoon.

意味（2）

(transitive, idiomatic, informal) To apply the harshest possible punishment to.

[C]riminals ... dreaded to be brought into his court, as a conviction meant a severe sentence. As one criminal expressed it to another, The judge throws the book at you.

意味（3）

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see throw, the, book, at.