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"Let me put my eyes on you," "I just wanna put eyes on you": I don't need anything, but I miss you and would like to visit
"Jimmy legs" : Restless legs
"Hotter than the devils draws (as in underwear) outsides" : It's hot. No one uses "draws" for underwear anymore I guess, so I've started saying "hotter than the devils asshole" but it's not as "poetic." (Edit: Realize now it's "drawers" but it always sounds like "draws" ๐ TIL)
Edit: Forgot one. "Cabbgae story" : When I was a kid, my grandmother told me about the milk man and, for whatever reason, my next question was "and who brings cabbage?" The response was "the cabbage man" which my grandmother explained like it was gospel. When she would bring up something, we started going, "Oh, she's got a cabbage story." Now a cabbage story is some old folk's story. Like, "back when I was a kid, I walked up hill both ways!" would be a cabbage story.
It's actually "drawers" but I guess they sound the same in certain accents.
Ohhh! Thank you for the correction!
When people spell what they hear, it's the countryside victimized the most. It's nearly the argument I had with Doctorov (a pointless effort, I'll tell ya).
The cabbage story is real cute. Might steal it
Grams pulled an uno reverse when I was complaining about the lack of buttons on tech. She said, "Oh, a cabbage story?" shook my soul ๐
"Put eyes on X" is pretty common that I've seen.
I've heard hotter than the hinges of hell, but can't remember the context.