be no match for

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be no match for something/somebody

to be less powerful or effective than something or someone else Health warnings are no match for the addictive power of cigarettes.

See a marriage made in heaven, meet match

See also: match

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You must know, monsieur, that two poor men, such as we are, could be no match for two gentlemen; but when one of them turned out to be the devil, we had no earthly chance The Man in the Iron Mask by Dumas, Alexandre View in context I saw that three rifles would be no match for them, and so I gave the word to put out from shore, hoping that the "tiger," as the ancients called him, could not swim. The Lost Continent by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context			be made for be main squeeze be man enough be meat and drink to be miles away be minting it be money for old rope be more fun than a barrel of monkeys be much cop be much of a muchness be much to look at be music to ears Be my guest be near the knuckle be neither fish nor fowl be neither one thing nor the other be new to the game be nip and tuck be no ball of fire be no bed of roses be no fool be no good to man or beast be no great shakes be no joke be no laughing matter be no match for be no oil painting be no picnic be no spring chicken be none the wiser be nothing much to write home about be nothing short of [astonishing etc.] be nothing to shout about be of a piece be of like mind be of own making be of the essence be off base be off beam be off chump be off nut be off rocker be off the beaten track be off the blocks be off the hook be off the mark be off the wall be off trolley be off-colour be on a collision course be on a hiding to nothing			Be My Witness Be My Woman be near be near the bone be near the knuckle be near the mark be needy be neither fish nor fowl be neither one thing nor the other be nervous be new to the game Be Nice Be Nice Day Be Nice Or Leave Be Nice to Me be nip and tuck be no ball of fire be no bed of roses be no fool be no fool be no fool be no fool be no good be no good be no good be no good to man or beast be no great shakes be no joke be no laughing matter be no match for be no more be no oil painting be no picnic be no spring chicken be no use to man or beast be nobody's fool be nobody's fool be nobody's fool be nobody's fool be noisy be none the wiser be not about be not having any be not having any of it be not supposed be not supposed be nothing much to write home about be nothing short of [astonishing etc.] be nothing to shout about be nowhere be null and void BE number be nurtured be nuts about be nuts on be obedient be obligated be obliged

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