It's not an idiom exactly. Romans used to throw Christians into an arena with lions as a form of execution. The phrase has come to mean any situation where someone is put into a situation where there's no way for them to succeed, or into a situation that's far over their head.
Throw the book at someone: to punish severely for breaking rules or the law i believe it's a term used for court for example instead of just saying you broke this law they will throw the book at you meaning they will hit you hard with every law and not take it easy on you
You may have heard it before on a police show, it means to charge someone with as many violations as possible. IE: You have gotten off lightly in the past Mr Johnson but this time we are going to throw the book at you.
"Throw the book at him" IS a sentence.
Circular or round file means trash can (to throw it away).to put in the trash
To mislead;to deceive The image is of someone throwing dust into your eyes so that you cannot see.
I believe the idiom you're looking for is "You can't trust a person further than you can throw them". The meaning is meant that you cannot trust someone because you can't throw them very far.
Throw the book at someone: to punish severely for breaking rules or the law i believe it's a term used for court for example instead of just saying you broke this law they will throw the book at you meaning they will hit you hard with every law and not take it easy on you
I guess you're asking about the idiom to "sock someone," which means to punch someone hard.
I'm not familiar with that as an idiom, so I imagine it means literally throwing jelly at someone.
You may have heard it before on a police show, it means to charge someone with as many violations as possible. IE: You have gotten off lightly in the past Mr Johnson but this time we are going to throw the book at you.
"Throw the book at him" IS a sentence.
From the legal community. Throwing the book at someone means actually charging someone with every conceivable charge related to the present offense.
Circular or round file means trash can (to throw it away).to put in the trash
A Short distance, as in, you could throw a stone that far.
To mislead;to deceive The image is of someone throwing dust into your eyes so that you cannot see.
An idiom that means surrender is to "wave the white flag." A closely related idiom is to "throw in the towel" which means to give up."
This is an idiom meaning that you are eager to spend the money. The image is of your coins being hot, so that you jerk them out of your pocket and throw them away or spend them.