Not an Idiom, but Close

In talking with one of my co-workers today, I discovered that the computer game "Diablo" is known in China as "Big Pineapple".

Why, you might ask?

Phonetically, "Diablo" sounds similar to Da bo luo (；bō luó');">大菠萝) which means, you guessed it, "Big Pineapple".

Idiom Watch

I'm going to start keeping track of these things, because they're freaking awesome.

The latest idiom is 吃醋 which translates idiomatically as "jealous" but whose characters literally mean "eat vinegar" (chi1 cu4).

Makes sense to me!