hold a candle to

This one is good, but it can't hold a candle to that one.

这个不错，但是它无法和那个相比。

And it's hard to hold a candle in the cold November rain.

就像蜡烛不能够在十一月的冷雨中永远点燃。

No on can hold a candle to Mom's famous apple pies.

无论谁做的苹果派都比不上我妈妈做的（好吃）。

His singing can't hold a candle to Pavarotti's.

他的演唱无法与帕瓦罗蒂媲美。

Oh, your bad luck can't hold a candle to mine.

噢, 你的坏运气跟我比是小巫见大巫啦.

In speed and efficiency of delivery we can't hold a candle to our European competitors.

在邮递速度和效率上我们比不上欧洲的竞争对手.

but old flames can't hold a candle to you

但过去的火焰不能让你的蜡烛长明不熄

This film doesn't hold a candle to his previous ones.

这部电影并不比他先前的几部好。

old flames can't hold a candle to you

旧时的火焰不会为你点燃指引的蜡烛

Fan: What do you mean? Our company can't hold a candle to your listed company. Your year-end bonus alone is almost how much we make in a whole year. Speaking ofyear-end bonus, we can't even get it until the next summer becausethey're afraid ofus changing jobs. How unfair!

小凡：瞧你这话说的，我们不能跟你们上市公司比，你们公司的年终奖，都赶上我们一年的工资了，而我们的年终奖，要等第二年夏天才发，苦命呀！

Do not hold a candle to the devil.

不要为虎作伥.

He hadn't had a bad education himself, but he couldn't hold a candle to her.

他自己受过的教育并不差, 可是跟她一比就简直没门了.

No one can hold a candle to him when it comes to playing the guitar.

说到弹吉他,谁也比不上他.

I can't hold a candle to Tom.

我不能和汤姆相提并论.

Girls today can't hold a candle to the beauties of the Fifties.

如今的姑娘根本不能和50年代的美女相提并论。