can't hold a candle to..
不能...比;遜色于...
I can't hold a candle to Tom.
我不能和湯姆相提并論。
This one is good, but. It can't hold a candle to that one.
這個不錯,但是不能和那個比。
She is pretty good, but she can't hold a candle to her mother.
她很漂亮,但是還是不及她媽媽。
A: Look, Tom got an "A", but you just got a "C".
瞧瞧,湯姆得了個A,而你只得了C。
B: I can't hold a candle to Tom.
我不能和湯姆相提并論。
A: Why? Both of you are taught by the same teacher.
為什么?你們都是同一個老師教的。
B: Because he is smarter than me.
因為他比我聰明。