pale next to (someone or something)

To be or seem less important, impressive, or otherwise deficient when compared to someone or something else. All of my siblings are surgeons, so I always feel like my career in art pales next to theirs. Our work pales next to the things our predecessors created.

See also: next, pale, to

See also:

pale beside
pale beside (someone or something)
pale beside/next to something
pale by comparison
pale in comparison
find (something) wanting
(someone) ain't seen nothing yet
(someone) hasn't seen nothing yet
connive at
connive at (something)

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