Hold-a-candle Definition

verb

(idiomatic) To compare; to be even remotely of the same quality, skill, etc. as another.

The old computer just doesn't hold a candle to the latest models.
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Origin of Hold-a-candle

  • Probably from the custom of apprentices to a trade holding a candle so the master worker could see clearly. If a person was not even good enough for such a simple task, then they were worthless.

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Hold-a-candle Sentence Examples

  • Anyway, with all the money in his family and the good looks as well, he couldn't hold a candle to Brandon in the charm department.

  • He couldn't hold a candle to my real father—the one who was there for me all those years.

  • She didn't hold a candle to Suzie Clements.

  • With a frown, she wondered why she'd never seen it before, why she wasted seven years trying to make things work with someone who couldn't hold a candle to the man she was meant to be with.

  • The climate in the south at this time of the year was probably hot, but surely it couldn't hold a candle to the week she had spent in the desert.

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