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в подметки не годится stresses
gen.	not a patch on (I like Krispy burgers, but they are not a patch on Krusty burgers Bob_cat)
в подмётки не годится
gen.	not a spot on (Clepa); not qualified to tie his shoes (triumfov); not a patch on; not a marker on; not fit to wash feet (Anglophile); cannot is not fit to hold a candle
fig.of.sp.	doesn't come close to (Leonid Dzhepko); isn't fit to tie his shoelaces (Leonid Dzhepko); isn't fit to shine his shoes (Leonid Dzhepko); absolutely no comparison (Leonid Dzhepko)
idiom.	not be a patch on (Yeldar Azanbayev); nothing to hold a candle to (чему-либо Татка Мимикричи)
inf.	not a marker to
Makarov.	cannot hold a candle; is not fit to hold a candle
proverb	not fit to hold a candle to (someone); cannot hold a candle to; is not fit to show a candle to
saying.	is not fit to hold a candle to
в подмётки не годиться
gen.	be a fool to; not to be in the same league with (That novelist wrote well, but he was not in the same league with Flaubert. Helene2008); not fit to black someone's boots; not fit to blacken someone's boots; not worthy to black someone's boots; not worthy to blacken someone's boots; cannot hold a candle (to someone – кому-либо); not to be fit to hold a candle (to someone – кому-либо); cannot hold a candle; not to be fit to hold a candle (to someone – кому-либо)
idiom.	is not fit to hold a candle to; fall short compared to (напр., он ему в подметки не годится Alex_Odeychuk); cant hold a candle (can't hold a candle to someone Yeldar Azanbayev)

в подмётки не годится: 8 phrases in 4 subjects

General	2
Idiomatic	1
Informal	1
Makarov	4