here we are

proverb

here we are

proverb

Etymology From here + we (“the speaker and the person being addressed”) + are.

1

Indicates ambivalence or resignation about the present circumstances; dismisses the previous observations as irrelevant.

  • And I don’t have a nose, and yet here we are.2017, Lee Unkrich, Adrian Molina, directors, Coco, spoken by Clerk (Gabriel Iglesias), Pixar:
Related terms
water under the bridge, what's done is done

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