English Dictionary

throw the book at

動詞

慣用表現 くだけた表現 他動詞

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

日本語の意味

可能な限り多くの罪で起訴または有罪判決を下す / 極めて厳しい罰を科す

After the investigation, the district attorney vowed to throw the book at the corrupt official, charging him with every crime she could prove.

捜査の後、地方検事は汚職に関与したその役人を立証できる限りのあらゆる罪で起訴すると誓った。

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.

throws the book at （ present singular third-person ）

throwing the book at （ participle present ）

threw the book at （ past ）

thrown the book at （ participle past ）