Cultural Literacy: Throw the Book at Someone

Here is a Cultural Literacy worksheet on the idiom throw the book at someone. This is a half-page worksheet with a reading of two sentences and two comprehension questions; a model, I hope, of effective symmetry and brevity.

The question arises, however: does anyone use this expression anymore?

If you find typos in this document, I would appreciate a notification. And, as always, if you find this material useful in your practice, I would be grateful to hear what you think of it. I seek your peer review.