how's the weather?

it doesn't matter / never mind

to get to the point, to cut to the chase

(literary) I've made my decision, my mind is made up

(transitive) to bust, to catch red-handed

(literary) to take sides

to have seen one's day, to have had one's day, to have seen better days, to be past one's sell-by date

many hands make light work; united we stand, divided we fall; there is strength in numbers

propaganda of the deed; propaganda by the deed

opportunity makes the thief