In Reply to: Re: Damn your eyes posted by ESC on July 05, 2008 at 10:44:
: : I'm reading a nautical series and have questions regarding two phrases (origin, meaning, etc.) "My arse on a band box" and "Damn your eyes".
: A bandbox is a hat box. If that helps.
Damn your eyes is in the archives:
http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/1/messages/2661.html