Have you ever wondered about the meaning of sayings like "You can't hold a candle to Jim"? Turns out this idiom comes from the days before electric lights. Apprentices would hold a lighted candle to allow the master tradesman to see better. If an apprentice was not good enough to hold a candle for the master, he was clearly inferior to the master.
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