Time longer than rope
Also spelled: time longa than rope, time longer dan rope
Meaning
Time stretches further than any rope — be patient, because things unfold and truth comes out over time. It counsels endurance, and warns wrongdoers that consequences may be slow but will eventually arrive.
Examples
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“Nuh badda rush fi revenge; time longer than rope.”
Don't rush for revenge; in time everything comes around.
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“Di truth a go come out one day. Time longer than rope.”
The truth will come out one day. Time is longer than rope.
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“Him a boast now, but time longer than rope.”
He's boasting now, but given time things will change.
Origin
A Jamaican proverb using the image of a rope — long, but finite — against time, which outlasts it, to teach patience and the certainty of eventual reckoning.
How it's used
Said to urge patience, or as a quiet warning that justice or change will come with time.