throw the book at (someone)
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Пример использования идиомы throw the book at (someone):
Because it was the third time Sam Jordan had been caught speeding, the judge threw the book at him.
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Другие идиомы:
- throw down the gauntlet
- throw a party for (someone)
- throw in one's lot with (someone or something)
- throw (something) back in (someone's) face
- throw in (something)
- throw (someone's) name around
- throw (something) into the bargain
- throw one's weight around
- throw up one's hands (in defeat)
- throw (something) together
- throw (someone)
- throw away a chance or opportunity
- throw off an illness
- throw in the towel/sponge
- throw oneself at (someone)