be a patch on



not be a patch on somebody/something

  (British & Australian)
to not be as good as someone or something else It's a reasonably entertaining film but it's not a patch on 'Bladerunner'.
See also: on, patch

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Anastasiy-Russian (Archaic), Bulgarian (Archaic)
Ghalib-Arabic
Sevda-Turkish, Azerbaijani
Zohar-Hebrew
Ioram-Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Xandinho-Portuguese