be-damned-to-you

Updated: May 8, 2025

I've stood just about all I'm going to stand of your top-lofty independence and business airs as though you weren't a wife at all, but just as 'be-damned-to-you' independent as though you were as much of a business man as I am! No, sir, you'll do what I say from now on. I've been tied to your apron strings long enough, and now I'm the boss see? Me!" He tapped his florid bosom.

Sinclair Lewis - The Job: An American Novel