議員に就職口の世話を頼んでみたが鼻であしらわれた。
I asked my local member for a job, but he brushed me off.

勝てば官軍負ければ賊軍。
If you win, you are in the right, but if you lose, you are in the wrong.

実のところ、いかなるスピードで移動するにせよ、北極熊は他のおおかたの哺乳動物の２倍のエネルギーを消費する。
In fact, to move at any speed the polar bear uses twice as much energy as do most other mammals.