we are where we are

Meaning: (idiomatic)acknowledging the shortcomings of the present situation, while focusing on dealing with it rather than either dwelling on the causes or regretting what might have been2005November 26, John E. Colbert, “Letter: The President We Have”, inThe New York Times‎[1]:Similarly, it serves little purpose to lament the lack of a few more votes for Vice President Al Gore in 2000 or Senator John Kerry in 2004, or how those few more votes would have made the world a different place.We are where we are: We have President George W. Bush!We can, however, pledge, from this day forward, to choose only leaders who are competent, experienced and battle tested.2023January 26,Eoin Ó Broin, “General Scheme of the Marine Protected Areas Bill 2023: Discussion”, inJoint Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage‎[2], Dublin: Oireachtas:The legislation is much delayed and many of us were of the view that it would have been better had this been introduced in parallel with the offshore planning regime, butwe are where we areand we will work with the timelines in front of us.2024December 11,Baroness Merron, “Bread and Flour Regulations 1998 — Question”, inHouse of Lords debates‎[3], UK Parliament:I do not want to look backwards, but I gently suggest that there are all sorts of reasons for delays. Still,we are where we arenow, and what is important is moving ahead.; Used other than figuratively or idiomatically:seewe,‎are,‎where,‎we,‎are.

Examples:

EN: But for now, we are where we are from.
ES: Pero por ahora, somos de donde somos.
EN: - Yes. - Then, honey, we are where we are!
ES: ¡Entonces aquí es donde estamos!
EN: But, still, we are where we are.
ES: Aun así, estamos como estamos.
EN: And he's a huge reason why we are where we are today.
ES: Y es una razón importante de que estemos donde estamos, hoy.
EN: Now we are where we are.
ES: Ahora hemos llegado aquí.
EN: Since your mother didn't worry about it early enough, we are where we are today.
ES: Como su mamá no se preocupó a tiempo, es por eso que estamos en esta etapa.
EN: But alas, we are where we are.
ES: Pero somos lo que somos.
EN: I may be a control freak, but that is why we are where we are today.
ES: Quizás sea un loco del control, pero esa es la razón por la cual estamos en el lugar que estamos hoy.
EN: I think we need to accept that we are where we are, and we've all contributed a little bit to that.
ES: Creo que tenemos que aceptar que estamos donde estamos, y todos hemos contribuido un poco a eso.
EN: I gave her every chance, but we are where we are.
ES: Le he dado todas las oportunidades, pero estamos donde estamos.
EN: But we are where we are.
ES: Pero estamos donde estamos.
EN: We could tally up all our mistakes, but we are where we are.
ES: Podemos llevar la cuenta de los errores, pero aquí estamos ahora.
EN: - I thought Ahmadi was going to... - No, we are where we are.
ES: - No, lo que pasó, pasó.
EN: That's why we are where we are now.
ES: Por eso somos lo que somos.
EN: I know life has dealt you a tough hand, but it is what it is, and we are where we are, and the only part of it you can control is how you react to the crap that is thrown at you.
ES: Sé que la vida te ha tratado con mano dura, pero es lo que hay, y estamos donde estamos, y la única parte que puedes controlar es cómo reaccionas a toda la puta mierda que te echan encima.

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