These pop bands that you hear nowadays can't hold a candle to the groups we used to listen to in the sixties.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
something can't hold a candle to something else — (someone/something) can t hold a candle to (someone/something else) someone or something is not as good as someone or something else. For Walter, basketball and football can t hold a candle to baseball. Usage notes: sometimes used in the form… … New idioms dictionary
can't hold a candle to something else — (someone/something) can t hold a candle to (someone/something else) someone or something is not as good as someone or something else. For Walter, basketball and football can t hold a candle to baseball. Usage notes: sometimes used in the form… … New idioms dictionary
someone can't hold a candle to something else — (someone/something) can t hold a candle to (someone/something else) someone or something is not as good as someone or something else. For Walter, basketball and football can t hold a candle to baseball. Usage notes: sometimes used in the form… … New idioms dictionary
can't hold a candle — If something can t hold a candle to something else, it is much worse … The small dictionary of idiomes
can't hold a candle — If something can t hold a candle to something else, it is much worse. (Dorking School Dictionary) *** If one person (or thing) can t hold a candle to another, they are much less competent or do not perform as well as the other. … … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
Can't hold a candle — If something can t hold a candle to something else, it is much worse … Dictionary of English idioms
can't hold a candle to someone — can t hold a candle to (someone/something) if someone or something cannot hold a candle to someone or something else, they are not as good as that other person or thing. These pop bands that you hear nowadays can t hold a candle to the groups we… … New idioms dictionary
can't hold a candle to — (someone/something) if someone or something cannot hold a candle to someone or something else, they are not as good as that other person or thing. These pop bands that you hear nowadays can t hold a candle to the groups we used to listen to in… … New idioms dictionary
something can't hold a candle to someone else — (someone/something) can t hold a candle to (someone/something else) someone or something is not as good as someone or something else. For Walter, basketball and football can t hold a candle to baseball. Usage notes: sometimes used in the form… … New idioms dictionary
can't hold a candle to — (someone/something) can t hold a candle to (someone/something else) someone or something is not as good as someone or something else. For Walter, basketball and football can t hold a candle to baseball. Usage notes: sometimes used in the form… … New idioms dictionary
