candle to. So usually we mean somebody cannot hold a candle to somebody or

something else. All right. So let's take a look at the note here. If someone says

that a certain person or thing cannot hold a candle to someone or something

else, it means that he or she or even it is not nearly as good or desirable as

someone or something else or maybe even inferior to them or below them. That's

what we mean. So somebody cannot hold a candle to someone. So yeah. People you

know, with this phrase is actually pretty common. But some people I think, candle ?

Why can't they hold a candle to him? What's the problem here ? What is this

about a candle ? Okay. So let's continue here. The origin of this idea comes from

the idea that in the sixteenth century this was considered a menial job . Like a

low-level basic job. You know, Yeah. Because remember this was pre

electricity. So if somebody was working at night , you know a very important

person was working at night. And usually only a very important people did because

most people just went to sleep. You know, they just lived mostly from sunrise to

sunset. But if the other person was working late , somebody would have to

maybe hold a candle. If somebody was doing some more technical or important

work. So let's continue here. It was usually the job of an assistant who was

helping someone to do more important work. The idea is that you are not

qualified or good enough to even be an assistant. So if we say you can't even

hold assistant, a candle to, it means you're not even qualified to be the

assistant Never mind the more important person. Let alone the more important

well artist. Maybe, maybe this was somebody was working for an artist

holding a candle or a scientist or somebody like that.

All right. Good. So let's just take a look. at it. We got three examples of how we

may use it today. Example number one. The new remake of this movie is okay. But it

cannot hold a candle to the original. So you might

remember there was an original one. A number of years before. And you thought

well that was much, much better than this movie. This movie was all right but that was

exceptional or very good. All right . Number two here. When it comes to his skill,

nobody can hold a candle to him. So again you're saying that this person is the

best. Nobody's even close. Nobody's a close second.

Yeah, and number three here. You are not as good as him or her. You cannot hold a

candle to his talent. So maybe somebody was comparing himself. Somebody else

saying no ,no. He's much better than you. So you say, yes you cannot hold a candle to

him or her. Anyway, I hope you got it . hope it's clear. I hope it was informative. Thank

you for your time. Bye=bye.