Knotting Terms in Daily Language...

[Phnug]

Receiving help - I was down and out but then someone threw me a Line.
Tolerance - They cut me some slack.
Quick movement - he whipped around.
Domination - his voice was like the crack of a whip.

[sharky]

Down Under - Tie me kangaroo down
Stamina - I have to go pee...Tie a knot in it!
Help - I tossed him a life line
Problem Drinking - They had to lash me to the bar...
Lies - Oh what a tangled web we weave...
Growing up - time to cut the apron strings
Warning - You're walking a tightrope mister
Hasty Repair - It's not perfect, but I rigged it so it would last a while longer

I know there are lots more...keep 'em coming!!!!! 

[Phnug]

Food - Cook Candy until it ropes.
Long flexible LED lights - called rope lights or light rope.
Boxing strategy - Rope-a-dope (Term coined by Mohammed Ali after he let the other boxer (George Foreman) wear himself out by lying on the ropes.)
Heavy punishment - If they catch him with the drugs he'll face the rope.
A string of things - A rope of onions, a rope of pearls, a rope of taffy.
Segregation, partition, divide off - the area was roped off, the animals were roped in.
Hygiene - soap on a rope.

[Son of Liberty]

Lacrosse--Dope on a Rope

[Phnug]

Birds - Either of two migratory sandpipers; The Red knot (Calidris Canutus) or The Great Knot (Calidris Tenuirostris) that breed in Arctic regions.
Trees - A knot is a hard place or lump, especially on a tree, at a point from which a stem or branch grows.
Medical - A protuberant growth or swelling in tissue: a knot in a gland, knots under the skin.
Feeling of tightness - I had a knot of fear in my stomach.
Unit of Speed - 1 knot = 1.852mph; the vessel was steaming along at 16 knots (29.6mph).
Drugged - after analysis it was established that they had laced his drink.
Tight cluster of people - a knot of people.

[sharky]

Now people are starting to think...these are good ones, but I know there are still lots more...

[Transminator]

Futile: Never flog a dead horse
Sales: I flogged my old tv set
Dude: That rug realy tied the room together... 
literature: One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them
financial: things are a little bit tight at the moment