| In trying to be both things at once, it can't hold a candle to either forerunner. |
| Maybe it's because he knows most of the groups clogging up the airwaves today can't hold a candle to his songwriting skills. |
| Welfare queens can't hold a candle to corporate kings in raiding the public purse. |
| Although the novel's villains can't hold a candle to Nesbo's typical psychos, they're much closer to the ones you might meet in the real world. |
| Its plastic shell, with comfortably rounded edges, can't hold a candle to the mirror-finish metal back of the Touch, but of course it doesn't hold fingerprints, either. |
| Actually, this brand can't hold a candle to serious European dark chocolates, but it's fine in a pinch. |
