cannot hold a candle to...
- cannot hold a candle to...
не может сравниться, не выдерживает сравнения, не идёт ни в какое сравнение с...; ≈ в подмётки не годится, мизинца не стоит
‘Ah!’ drawled the small-mouthed man, ‘There's nothing fit to hold a candle to Baghda-ad.’ (J. Galsworthy, ‘The Island Pharisees’, part II, ch. XXII) — - Ах, никакие бани не могут соперничать с багдадскими, - протянул толстяк с маленьким ртом.
‘I am sorry I was so beastly to you just now.’ ‘Oh, my dear.’ ‘Do you really think I'm a ham actress?’ ‘Darling. Duse couldn't hold a candle to you.’ ‘Do you honestly think that?’ (W. S. Maugham, ‘The Theatre’, ch. XXII) — - Я сожалею, что была так груба с тобой. - Ну и прекрасно, дорогая! - Неужели ты действительно считаешь меня никуда негодной актрисой? - Дузе ничто по сравнению с тобой. - Ты действительно так считаешь?
...and in the old days in Chicago I considered that there wasn't a bar-tender in the city that could held a candle to me. (W. S. Maugham, ‘Complete Short Stories’, ‘The Fall of Edward Barnard’) — ...в былые времена в Чикаго я любому бармену мог дать сто очков вперед.
There's not a girl on the floor to hold a candle to her. (D. Cusack, ‘Say No to Death’, ch. VI) — Здесь ни одна девушка не может сравниться с ней.
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