now as then = ตอนนี้ก็เหมือนกับตอนนั้น ตอนนี้ก็เช่นเดียวกันกับตอนนั่น
then as now = ตอนนั้นก็เหมือนกับตอนนี้

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และ now as then / then as now ในแต่ละประโยคที่ผมค้นมาข้างล่างนี้ ให้ความหมายทำนองเดียวกันหมดไหมครับ

Now as then
1.Now as then we have been stitched up by the media and gullible ignorant voters.  
2.Now, as then, there have been angry clashes between rioters and security forces.
3.Now, as then, he and the group play music that was popular when he came of age.  
4.What's missing, now as then, is a chili-fueled punch to give the dish some pizzazz.  
5.She always finished it with freshly grated nutmeg, my favourite spice now as then.  
6.And now, as then, there have been demands for tough new regulation of the markets.
7.But now, as then, Americans are on the move again, uprooted by hard times.  

Then as now
1.The true divide between Republican and Democrat is slavery and racism, then as now. 
2.Back then, as now, there is hesitation and distrust of the census among the public.  
3.Then as now, there were voices of praise and blame, even from within our agency. 
4.Then as now, poverty and gang violence impede any feeling of sustained civility. 
5.Then as now, Fatah grandees grumbled that Mr Fayyad had been imposed by America.
6.Then as now, the cold snap that brought the snow came after a brief warm spell.  
7.This was a long time before hacking, but then as now, tabloids feed on scandal.  
8.Then, as now, for most of us our homes are our life savings and our pension pots.  
9.He could write a mean memo, a talent then, as now, in short supply in the Army.