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can't hold a candle to
idiom
to not be as good as the person or thing mentioned: 不能和…相比
Her latest book is readable enough, but it can't hold a candle to her earlier work.她最新出版的书有一定的可读性，但不能同早期的作品媲美。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Worse and worst
aggravating
aggravation
at your worstidiom
be in a different leagueidiom
compare
hold
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match
not be in the same leagueidiom
not half asidiom
not in the same leagueidiom
not the sameidiom
pale imitation
patch
stick
subpar
to top it allidiom
topper
villain
worse
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