PENALTY
NOUNS
► THE BOOK the maximum penalty → 1908 sl., orig. US
VERBS
► DO THE BOOK to suffer the maximum penalty → 1927 sl.
► GET THE BOOK to suffer the maximum penalty → 1927 sl.
► PAY THE KAIN to pay the penalty, to suffer the consequences → 1736 Sc.
► PAY THE MAIL to pay the penalty, to suffer for the wrongs one has done → 1807 Sc.
► THROW THE BOOK AT to impose the maximum penalty on → 1932 sl.