10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NOT HOLD A CANDLE TO»
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not hold a candle to in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
not hold a candle to and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Early American Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases
Bartlett Jere Whiting. Canoe C19 One Candle will light a (ten) thousand 1643
Williams Writings 1.20: One Candle will light ten thousand. al656 Bradford
History 2.117: And as one small candle may light a thousand, so the light here
kindled ...
Bartlett Jere Whiting, 1977
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Sterling Dictionary of Idioms
CANDLE burn the candle at both ends exhaust one's energy His final exams are
at hand, he is burning the candle at both ends. not hold a candle to not good
enough to be compared with This year 's Miss Universe is not fit to hold a candle
to ...
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The Proverbial Bernard Shaw: An Index
to Proverbs in the ...
(065, pp. 184-185, 1886) APP, 53; MP, 89. CANDLE: 1. ... we walk through
society assiduously holding our candle to the devil, that he may save us from
minor rows. . . . (065, p. 185, 1886) SOAMES: I'll not hold a candle to the devil. (
112, p.
George B. Bryan, Wolfgang Mieder, 1994
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Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary Paperback with CD-ROM
not hold a candle to someone/something to not be as good as someone or
something else o Her latest book can't hold a candle to her earlier works.
PHRASAL VERBS with hold • hold something against someone/something to
consider ...
Cambridge University Press, 2008
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Jews and the American Soul: Human Nature in the Twentieth ...
As great as John Watson's influence was in the 1920s, writes a leading historian
of that era, "it could not hold a candle to that of Sigmund Freud." And as much as
Freudianism affected intellectuals and artists in the 1920s, it could not hold a ...
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The Life of Mansie Wauch, Tailor in Dalkeith
This was not just so kind, — so says I to him, " Maybe sae, for many a one thinks
ye could not hold a candle to Mr. Blowster the Cameronian, that whiles preaches
at Lugton^'' This was a stramp on his corny toe. " Na, na," answer ed Mr. VViggie
...
David Macbeth Moir, Mansie Wauch, 1828
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The Subject of Violence: The Song of Roland and the Birth of ...
The allegories of the spirit written in the Middle Ages do not hold a candle to the
psychomachias of contemporary subjectivity. Nor do the medieval epics hold a
candle to contemporary destructiveness. If "medieval" denotes a chronological ...
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The Life of Mansie Wauch: Tailor in Dalkeith
This was not quite so kind—so says I to him, “Maybe sae, for many a one thinks
ye could not hold a candle to Mr Blowster the Cameronian, that whiles preaches
at Lugton.” This was a stramp on his corny toe. “ Na, na,” answered Mr Wiggie, ...
Tom has been proved to be low man on the totem pole in the company. That is
the reason he has resigned his office. not hold a candle to ^ I don't want him to
marry my daughter, because the boy does not hold a candle to my girl in
education.
town's history: its Dutch beginnings, its participation in civic and national events,
its schools, places of recreation, shops, and houses of worship. I thought I knew it
all. But I was very wrong. I could not hold a candle to the senior gentlemen who ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NOT HOLD A CANDLE TO»
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Wimbledon 2015: Brief glimpses of the old Venus but Williams …
She was exaggerating – or imagining – her own contribution to a Centre Court occasion which, frankly, did not hold a candle to those days ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
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Teen sensation Dina Asher-Smith leaves sprint rivals in her wake to …
Even Jessica Ennis-Hill and Greg Rutherford could not hold a candle to her display. British champion: Asher-Smith was over the moon with her ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»
They weren't big or clever, but halcyon days of Scottish transfer …
Naturally, it does not hold a candle to engineering a move out of Celtic during his days as a player by claiming that £7,000-a-week "may be ... «Herald Scotland, Jul 15»
Surfing in more ways than one
The American version with Steve Carrell did not hold a candle to this show, in which the office manager Gervais portrays is so patently ... «Jerusalem Post Israel News, Jul 15»
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Although very beautiful, the patterns did not hold a candle to Miss Womble's smile. No, she is different. Before going to the Grand Canyon a few ... «The Stokes News, Jul 15»
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While hilarious, these fabricated Donnie Deeds do not hold a candle to actual things that Don Kelly did including meeting a girl who was ... «Bless You Boys, Jun 15»
A Week (Nearly) of Summerfest
I resigned myself to the fact that the night would not hold a candle to Chicago Theater 2005. That being said, the band was supremely talented, ... «urbanmilwaukee, Jun 15»
