He became a real desert rat after spending years in the Middle East.
Он стал настоящим пустынным крысом после многих лет, проведённых на Ближнем Востоке.
Definitions
Desert rat refers to either a small rodent adapted to living in arid desert environments, such as the gerbil or kangaroo rat, or informally to a soldier who served in the British Eighth Army in North Africa during World War II, particularly those in the 7th Armoured Division, which had a jerboa (desert rat) as its emblem.
