At the End of the Day
The universal preamble to someone's actual point, after minutes of throat-clearing. Signals: opinions are ending, position is arriving. The day in question ends several times per meeting.
Heard in the wild
“At the end of the day, we can't afford both projects.”
Tone check: Cliché
Verbal furniture. Harmless, ubiquitous, and a useful cue that the real sentence is finally coming.