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词汇 not a patch on
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idiomnot a patch on BrEBrEspoken used in order to say that someone or something is not nearly as good as someone or something else:Public transport nowadays isn't a patch on what it was when I was young.Prince Albert thought that British universities were unenlightened places, and not a patch on those in Germany.

not a patch on (someone or something)

Not nearly as good as someone or something. The replacement actor did a serviceable job, but he isn't a patch on the original lead. I loved my old computer—this new one is not a patch on it.

not a patch on

greatly inferior to. British informal
1991 Mavis Nicholson Martha Jane & Me We thought the uniform of our soldiers was ‘pathetic’, not a patch on the American soldiers' uniform.
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