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| Subject | English | Russian |
| idiom. | can't hold a candle to | и в подмётки не годится (Other women can't hold a candle to your beauty. • I've seen many, and not one of them can hold a candle to you. Yeldar Azanbayev) |
| idiom. | can't hold a candle to | не может сравниться с (markovka) |
| idiom. | can't hold a candle to | нервно курит в сторонке (SirReal) |
| can't hold a candle to | рядом не стоял (Olya34) | |
| Makarov., idiom. | he can't hold a candle to her | он ничто перед ней |