You’re right. Nellie is the prettier one, and by far, even though Edith is very good looking. That is, Edith is very good looking in comparison with most women, but in front of Nellie, she pales considerably.
All right, here are media examples of people who cannot hold a candle to someone superior or something that cannot hold a handle to something else that’s bigger, brighter or far more significant (By the way, this idiom is almost always used in the negative):
1. The lights on your Christmas tree may be beautiful, but they can’t hold a candle to nature’s starlight. See for yourself as we go “On The Trail” with contributor Conor Knighton:
Great Basin National Park isn’t really on the way to anywhere. Head to this remote stretch of the Nevada desert, and you can easily spend a day wandering the pines by yourself.
But if you go home when the sun goes down, you’ll have missed one of Great Basin’s greatest attractions.
As they’re found of saying, “Half of this park is after dark.”
THIS is what Great Basin looks like at night. The stars shine so brightly here, because this place is so unbelievably dark.
“We’re pretty rare. This is one of, if not the, darkest place in the lower 48,” said Annie Gilliland, part of a special team of stargazers at Great Basin.
“We are the ‘Dark Rangers,’ Yes, I do love telling people I am a Dark Ranger here!”
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