• throw one's weight about

• lie in wait for it

• go along way towards

• go a long way towards it

• time and tide wait for no man

• see one's way to doing it

• worth its weight in gold

• see one's way to doing

• see which way the wind blows

• any which way the wind blows

• waiting in the wings

• see how way the wind blows

• tip the scales at a certain weight

• carry weight

• pull one's weight