can’t hold a candle to somebody/something | meaning of can’t hold a candle to somebody/something in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English | LDOCE

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishcan’t hold a candle to somebody/somethingcan’t hold a candle to somebody/somethinginformalGOOD AT if something or someone cannot hold a candle to something or someone else, they are not as good as the other thing or person  No other singer can hold a candle to her. → candle