Idioms

hold a candle to (someone or something)
to be in the same class or level as someone or something (usually used with a negative)
The new restaurant cannot hold a candle to the one that I usually go to.

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  • hold a grudge against (someone)
  • hold a meeting
  • hold all the aces
  • hold all the trump cards
  • hold back
  • hold back (someone) or hold (someone) back
  • hold court
  • hold down (someone or something)
  • hold down a job
  • hold forth (something)
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  • absent-minded
  • fighting chance
  • touch a sore spot/point
  • play one's cards right
  • a hard sell
  • flat broke
  • make a silk purse out of a sow's ear
  • run hot and cold
  • regular as clockwork
  • take an oath


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