pale beside (someone or something)

To be or seem less important, impressive, or otherwise deficient when compared to someone or something else. All of my siblings are surgeons, so I always feel like my career in art pales beside theirs. Our work pales beside the things our predecessors created.

pale beside someone or something

Fig. to appear to be weak or unimportant when compared to someone or something. He is competent, but he pales beside Fran. My meager effort pales beside your masterpiece.

ˈpale beside/next to something

ˈpale in/by comparison (with/to something)

ˈpale into insignificance

seem less important when compared with something else: Last year’s riots pale in comparison with this latest outburst of violence.

词组	pale beside (someone or something)
释义	pale beside (someone or something) pale beside (someone or something) To be or seem less important, impressive, or otherwise deficient when compared to someone or something else. All of my siblings are surgeons, so I always feel like my career in art pales beside theirs. Our work pales beside the things our predecessors created. See also: beside, pale Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. pale beside someone or something Fig. to appear to be weak or unimportant when compared to someone or something. He is competent, but he pales beside Fran. My meager effort pales beside your masterpiece. See also: beside, pale McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. ˈpale beside/next to something , ˈpale in/by comparison (with/to something) , ˈpale into insignificance seem less important when compared with something else: Last year’s riots pale in comparison with this latest outburst of violence. See also: beside, next, pale, something Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary See also: pale beside pale beside/next to something pale next to (someone or something) pale by comparison pale in comparison find (something) wanting wanting (someone) ain't seen nothing yet (someone) hasn't seen nothing yet the path less traveled
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