Massacre of the Innocents

Proper noun

 * 1)  The incident in the nativity narrative of the Gospel of Matthew (2:16–18) in which Herod the Great, king of Judea, orders the execution of all male children two years old and under in the vicinity of Bethlehem.
 * 2)  The abandonment of potentially useful measures at the end of a session in the House of Commons, since there is no time to pass them.

Translations

 * Dutch: Kindermoord van Bethlehem
 * French:
 * German: Kindermord in Bethlehem, Bethlehemitischer Kindermord
 * Italian: strage degli innocenti
 * Portuguese: Massacre dos Inocentes
 * Spanish: matanza de los Inocentes