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not hold a stick to someone or something and not hold a candle to someone or something

Fig. not to be nearly as good as someone or something. Sally is much faster than Bob. Bob doesn't hold a stick to Sally. This TV doesn't hold a candle to that one. That one is much better.

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And Monaco, 25, could bring his greater experience to bear against the younger Serb, who could not hold a candle to Novak Djokovic in Beijing last week. Experienced Monaco looks overpriced to upset Troicki; ATP SHANGHAI ... by The Racing Post (London, England) But in looks it could not hold a candle to Bentley or the smaller Rolls-Royce models. Riley tried to topple Bentley; CLASSIC CARDS by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England) A spokeswoman for the London agency last night refused to comment on the company's reasons for choosing Shaftesbury rather than Llandudno David Williams, chairman of Llandudno's Hospitality Association, said: 'I know Dorset well, and although it is a nice county, it does not hold a candle to Llandudno. Meet Mrs Evans from Llandudno... in Dorset; BT quotes North Wales ... by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)			not give a rat's ass not give a shit not give a tinker's damn not give anyone the time of day not give it another thought not give the time of day not going to win any beauty contests not grow on trees not hack it not half bad Not half! not have a bone in body not have a care in the world not have a chance in hell not have a clue not have a leg to stand on not have a prayer not have a snowball's chance in hell and not a hope in hell not have a stitch of clothes not have all marbles not have the faintest idea not have the foggiest notion not have the heart not have the heart to do not have the stomach not hold a candle to not hold a stick to not hold breath not hold liquor not hold water not hold with not hurt a flea not hurt a fly Not if I see you sooner, and Not if I see you first Not in a thousand years! and Never in a thousand years! Not in my book not in the least not in the same league with not in the slightest not judge a book by its cover not just whistling Dixie not know beans not know beans about not know enough to come in out of the rain not know from Adam not know from nothing not know if are coming or going not know own strength not know the first thing about not know what hit not know what to make of			not have a clue not have a leg to stand on not have a prayer not have a snowball's chance in hell and not a hope in hell not have a stitch of clothes not have all marbles not have any part of not have anything to do with not have anything to do with someone or something not have anything to do with something not have anything to dp with not have the faintest idea not have the foggiest idea not have the foggiest notion not have the heart not have the heart to do not have the stomach not hear not hear of Not Held Not held order Not Held Orders Not Here Not Here Now not hold a candle to not hold a stick to not hold breath not hold liquor not hold water not hold with not hold with Not Holding Not Holding My Breath not honorable Not Hot Enough not hurt a flea not hurt a fly not idea not idea not idea not idea not ideal not identical Not If I Can Help It Not if I see you sooner, and Not if I see you first not imaginary not immediate Not Implemented not important not important not imported not impossible not improbable not improper

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