- И-36
- ИЗБИЕНИЕ МЛАДЕНЦЕВ lit, humor or iron
NP
sing only
fixed WO
excessively strict measures, severe demands directed toward the young and inexperienced, severe criticism of their workslaughter (massacre) of the innocents.From the Biblical account of King Herod's massacre of the infants in Bethlehem (Matt. 2:16).
Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь. — М.: ACT-ПРЕСС КНИГА. С.И. Лубенская. 2004.