newspaper, books and radio cannot hold a candle to internet.
报纸,书籍和广播根本不能与之匹敌。
since the days when i lived with fear constantly, i have found that fear for yourself cannot hold a candle to the fear engendered by the serious illness of your wife or children.
因为那些我时刻恐惧地生活过来的日子,我已经发现,那种恐惧对于你自己不能举起一根蜡烛,对妻儿产生严重病态。
the expression meant that the person who cannot hold a candle to you is not fit even to be your servant.
这个词汇以前的意思是不拿蜡烛给你引路的人不适合当你的仆人。