🕯️ Hold a Candle: Holding Uphigh the Art of Self-Depreciation 🤏 Get ready for an enlightening journey as we explore the phrase “to not hold a candle to,” and how it became synonymous with being vastly inferior. We’ll delve into its historical roots, marvel at some lighthearted humor, and discover how literature has kept this idiom glowing through the centuries.
Historical Glow 💡 Holding a candle for someone else was already considered a menial task in the sixteenth century.
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