Benin· informal
mourir dans les cheveux noirs
“to die with black hair”
Meaning
to die young
Elsewhere
mourir jeune
Explanation
Standard French just says mourir jeune. Benin and Togo picture it through hair that is still black, not yet turned with age.
Example
Il est mort dans les cheveux noirs, à peine trente ans.
He died young, barely thirty.
Origin
Origin uncertain.
Where
Benin
Togo