Sandhurst out of his eyes

• Sandhurst: the British Army officer training academy in Berkshire, about 55 kilometres (34 mi) southwest of London.

• sand in his eyes: decieved, confused

• have stardust in one's eyes: to be blind to the actual facts, to be misled by something glamorous but illusory or insubstantial
• sand hurts -- Gallipoli (Winston Churchill): Churchill was responsible for the failed Allied attack on the beaches of Gallipoli in March 1915, which hurt his career for years.