candle

习惯用语a lighted candle1.■招待会, 盛大的宴会, 晚会burn the candle at both ends1.■过分浪费精力[财产等]can not hold a candle to1.■远不如; 不能与...相比be not fit to hold a candle to1.■远不如; 不能与...相比can not show a candle to1.■远不如; 不能与...相比be not fit to show a candle to1.■远不如; 不能与...相比corpse candle1.■墓地鬼火2.■点在尸体旁的蜡烛go off like a candle in a snuff (=go off like the snuff of a candle)1.■突然死掉hide one's candle under a bushel1.■不露锋芒hold a candle to another1.■为别人尽力hold a candle to the devil1.■助纣为虐, 为虎作伥; 离开正路hold a candle to the sun1.■太阳底下点蜡烛, 多此一举; 作徒劳无益的事not worth the candle1.■不值得, 不上算, 得不偿失rush candle1.■微光; 微不足道的人; 孤陋寡闻smell of the candle tallow candle1.■脂烛; 蜡烛