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Maria D Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary

Where does it leave us

Hello! Could you help me?

What does the sentence "where does it leave us?" mean in the following context:

"We're always hearing stuff about fat being bad for us. It causes heart attacks, but I heard on the radio that French eat a high fat diet and they have fewer heart attacks than we do in America, so where does that leave us?"

I've found that it means "what will be the result" or "What will be with us" but then I don't quite understand what the speaker means. Does he mean "so I don't care" or "so are we going to die soon". I'm puzzled. Thank you for your help!
  

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My interpretation is that the speaker wants to find the cause of Americans having heart attacks. The main theory was refuted (high fat diet), and no other theory is available. Where does that leave us?

— Vorpar

  • My interpretation is that the speaker wants to find the cause of Americans having heart attacks.
  • The main theory was refuted (high fat diet), and no other theory is available.
  • Where does that leave us?
  • = What is the answer?
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My interpretation is that the speaker wants to find the cause of Americans having heart attacks. The main theory was refuted (high fat diet), and no other theory is available.

Where does that leave us? = What is the answer?
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Thank you very much, Vorpar Emotion: smile

Do I understand right that I can paraphrase it as "What about us then (= where does that leave
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