Knotting Terms in Daily Language...

[sharky]

What knotting terms can you think of that are used in daily language? Here are some starters:

Marriage - Getting Hitched; Tying the Knot
Drunkenness - Getting Looped; Going on a bender; three sheets to the wind
No Problem - It went off without a hitch
Last effort - He's at the end of the rope
Death - He worked hard all his life...right up to the bitter end
Busy - I'm tied up right now, but I'll get back to you soon
Lack of Authority - My hands are tied, there is nothing I can do
Anger - He's all bent out of shape
Nervousness - My stomach is all tied up in knots

Lets see how many we can come up with, then pick the top ten...

[Sweeney]

This has been done before - see http://igkt.net/sm/index.php?topic=1351.0

Barry

[sharky]

You are right, it has been done before...not much participation though, and some comments were way too serious...Instead of trying to compile a list for the sake of a list, the point is to show how much knotting has influenced the cultures around the world...Let's go gang...Game On!!!

[Phnug]

Finishing up - tying up all the loose ends.

[Phnug]

I wasn't planning to do this, but you roped me in.

[Phnug]

Old hand - He knows the ropes.
Infinity - The program entered an infinite loop.
Singles - Hitching post.
New hand - He must be new, the whole things a tangle.
Retort - I told them to get knotted!
Frustrated - She had reached the end of her tether.
Hair - her hair was full of knots.
Quality - Don't buy that one it looks a bit ropey.

[sharky]

Those are some good ones, but I think you are just stringing me along. I know there are some real funny ones that would keep us all in stitches...

Success - This is my crowning achievement
Driving - Weaving in and out of traffic
Legal - Binding agreement
Opportunity - Seize the moment
Trickery - He thought he could rope me into doing his work for him
Maritime - Belay that order
Familiarity - Getting to know the ropes

Come on gang...there has to be thousands of these!!!

[dewildeman]

When I was a kid my Dad threatened to "Jerk a knot in my tail".   

[Phnug]

Be thankful he didn't give you a good whipping 

[Phnug]

Investigation - we picked up a thread here and there. And so eventually solved the mystery.
Music - Tie me kangaroo down, sport. Tie me kangaroo down. 
Stuck - He's in a bit of a bind.
Social - He's always good for a yarn or two.
Formal - They are bound by the constitution.

[sharky]

Cognitive - Tying it all together (Sorry TIAT)
Challenging - I can out think you with half my brain tied behind my back
Weather - Snow Bound
Health - Muscle Bound
Precarious - He's hanging by a thread
Speed - Aye, we be steaming at 10 knots Cap'n...
Communication - Land Line
Normative - He's not wrapped too tight
Homonym - A man knows not that he knows naught about knots
Love - She has him wrapped around her little finger

Come on gang...keep 'em coming!!!

[Phnug]

Wood - I suggest that you send that wood back - its full of knots.
Relationship - I like her but I think she's stringing me along.
Food - The meat is a bit stringy.
Phone - Hey! Its Elvis on the line!
Sanity - It can't be Elvis. What's the matter with you? Are you coming undone?
Inconvenienced - I have to go to the meeting, my boss stitched me up.
Beware - Those boys will lead you astray.
Guts - Take the lead.

[Phnug]

Video technology - has been improved by a technique called Interlacing.
Electrical cable - can be joined by means of a cable splice.
Movie film - when editing the film is cut and spliced.
Names - try knotting a Ropefish - (Erpetoichthys calabaricus)

[sharky]

Trouble - We'll give him enough rope to hang himself
Mail - Drop me a line sometime
Determination - Just hitch up your pants and get in there and try again
Stress - He is wound up so tight, he is about to snap
Stress again - He is wound up so tight that he is about to come unraveled
Stress yet again - Her nerves are frayed

I know that there are still more...keep going!!!

[Phnug]

Near collapse - on the ropes.
Grace - He gave me some slack.