You couldn't hold a candle to him - not many of us could.
But out here, in the real world, you can't hold a candle to me.
"But the past doesn't hold a candle to what's going to be made in the future."
"And why were you holding a candle to the window?"
Well, and I've been holding a candle for him all that time.
A few will hold candles, but the effect is lost in the television lights.
Those trips didn't hold a candle to where she'd be going now.
Not even drugs, or fast cars can hold a candle to the power of the female form.
"This year will have a very hard time holding a candle to that," he said.
I'm going to prove to her once and for all that girls can't hold a candle to guys in the sports department.