pale next to(Its financing pales next to the tens of billions that the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will have at its disposal, ... WT Alexander Demidov)
next to(1) in or into a position right beside somebody/something ▪ We sat next to each other. 2) following in order or importance after somebody/something ▪ Next to skiing my favourite sport is skating. 3) almost ▪ Charles knew next to nothing about farming. ▪ The horse came next to last (= the one before the last one) in the race. 4) in comparison with somebody/something ▪ Next to her I felt like a fraud. OALD Alexander Demidov)
