desert cherry

desert cherry

A solider who has only recently arrived in the desert during a war. Oh, you must be a desert cherry. What's your name?
See also: cherry, desert
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

desert cherry

n. a new soldier in a desert war; a soldier new to the desert in wartime. (see also cherry.) About 5,000 desert cherries arrived last week. Something is going to happen soon.
See also: cherry, desert
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • sweet cherry
  • sour cherry
  • wild cherry
  • lose (one's) cherry
  • lose your cherry
  • have (one's) name written all over it
  • have somebody/something written all over it
  • pop the cherry
  • take (one's) cherry
  • it has (one's) name on it