Toujours Tingo: Weird words and bizarre phrases

My favorite?  Les avoir a zero: French for "to have one's testicles down to zero", or be frightened.

The name of the author's book is "Toujours Tingo."  It is the sequel to his first book, "The Meaning of Tingo."  Both are meant to be lighthearted books, examining language from many countries to explain actions, meanings that might not come close to an English definition.  The act of singing at the same time that you are crying can now be captured in one word:  Chantepleurer, or a person's fear of walking into an old house in the middle of the night can be summed up in Japanese by writing or saying hira hira.

I posted it to "Better Write Now" because of the various phrases that writers may be interested in, to express themselves.  But I will completely understand if you delete because Better Write Now is a place for fellow Newsviners to have their works critiqued and improved upon.   I certainly did not seed this to upset anybody.  If you delete, based upon your group's objective,  I would understand.  If you wish, Renderedtruth, I will do so voluntarily.  It is your group, and I respect your absolute right to maintain the group's integrity.  Plus, I want to benefit from being involved in that group and taking advantage of the writers who have joined.