hold a candle to (someone or something)
не идти ни в какое сравнение с кем-либо\ чем-либо; играть подчинённую роль
Their new house can't hold a candle to their old one. It is bigger and more beautiful.
Другие идиомы:
- hold the fort
- hold all the aces
- hold good
- hold one's fire
- hold-out
- hold the line at (something)
- hold a meeting
- hold one's own (in an argument)
- hold on to (someone or something)
- hold out the olive branch to (someone)
- hold back (someone)
- hold out for (something)
- hold back
- hold all the trumps
- hold a grudge against (someone)