A CANDLE

  

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A CANDLE

Modern Translation: A CANDLE

Language Translations for "A CANDLE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Finnish

  

sammuttaa kynttilä (put out a candle). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

מחיטה (blowing one's nose, trimming a candle). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

nyomába sem léphet (cannot hold a candle to him). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

蝋燭の心 (wick of a candle), 相撲にならない (can't hold a candle to, is no match for). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

すもうにならない (can't hold a candle to, is no match for), ろうそくのしん (wick of a candle). (various references)

   

Manx

  

cainley (of a candle). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

aay andlecay.(various references)

   

Romanian

  

ajuta pe cineva (hold a candle to smb.), stinge o lumânare (blow out a candle), duce pe cineva pe cãi greşite (hold a candle to the devil), cã o lumânare care se stinge (like a candle going out). (various references)

   

Scottish

  

coilionn. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

tırnağı olamamak (not to be fit to hold a candle to), eline su dökememek (not to be fit to hold a candle to). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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