rope in the offing

 

You can work wonders with a little bit of rope

2017 Okinawan Tug of Rope Festival

 

You get by with a little help from your friends.

 

“The Name Okinawa means literally a “rope in the offing” and is an apt enough description for the long narrow island which dominates our story. On a map the island chain itself suggests a knotted rope tossed carelessly upon the sea” George Kerr Okinawa : the History of a Island People.