是同一回事 meaning in English

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Whether i pay or whether my wife pays amounts to the same thing
是我付钱还是我妻子付钱，是同一回事。
Even supposing he might make use of them if they were competent , napoleon went on , his words hardly able to keep pace with the rush of ideas that proved to him his right or his might which to his mind meant the same , but they are not even that
拿破仑继续说，他的话几乎跟不上那不断涌出的也想要表达的思想，他问他表明这些思想就是正义和力量在他的概念中，正义和力量是同一回事。 “可是他们无论在战争中还是和平时，却都不中用！