The next best thing
The next best thing
Or duct tape holding one of the pointy parts on after it broke that one time Red tried to prove to Harold that yes he could cut down a tree with it.
His second try did work, proving him right, though Harold contends that it didn’t count because the second “tree” barely even qualified as a stick.
“I never said I could cut down an old tree, I just said I bet I could cut down a tree with this thing!” Red wins on that technicality and Harold rolls his eyes and cuts to the next scene.