[NicknamedBob]

"No contemporary poet, IMHO, can hold a candle to either one of them."

So that's a good example of a bad example?

Mightn't holding a candle to them cause them to ignite?

[ConorMacNessa]

I didn't mean to be unclear - it's a figure of speech:

can't hold a candle to someone
Fig. not [to be] equal to someone; unable to measure up to someone. (Also with cannot.) Mary can't hold a candle to Ann when it comes to athletics. As for singing, John can't hold a candle to Jane.





Nos genuflectitur ad non princeps sed Princeps Pacem!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)