cannot hold a candle to
基本解释
- 比不上
英汉例句
- Cannot hold a candle to sb.
不能與某人作比較,比不上某人… - The expression meant that the person who cannot hold a candle to you is not fit even to be your servant.
這個詞滙以前的意思是不拿蠟燭給你引路的人不適郃儅你的僕人。 - Since the days when I lived with fear constantly, I have found that fear for yourself cannot hold a candle to the fear engendered by the serious illness of your wife or children.
因爲那些我時刻恐懼地生活過來的日子,我已經發現,那種恐懼對於你自己不能擧起一根蠟燭,對妻兒産生嚴重病態。 - The expression meant that the person who cannot hold a candle to you is not fit even to be your servant.