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hold a candle to
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English-Turkish
Terms/Phrases
English-Turkish Translation
boy ölçüşmek, denk olmak,
argo
aşık atmak.
English-Turkish translations from the Atalay Dictionary, First Edition
English Turkish Phrases
not hold a candle to
kâ'bına erişememek, eline su dökememek, (mukayese kabul etmeyecek derecede) aşağı olmak.
He cannot
(= is not fit to) hold a candle to you: O sizin elinize su dökemez/kâ'bınıza erişemez/tırnağınız olamaz.
hold a candle to devil
şeytana yol göstermek, kötülere yardakçı olmak.
He can't hold a candle to you.
O senin eline su dökemez.
Sentence
not to be fit to hold a candle to sb
birinin eline su dökememek
Verb
fit to hold a candle
kâbına erişmek,
mec.
eline su dökebilmek, boy ölçüşebilmek.
He is not fit to hold candle to
Ali when it comes to learning foreign languages.
English-Turkish phrases from Zargan's own database
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