Idioms with word ‘Candle’

           

                     

                       

                         Idioms with word ‘Candle’

Here are some idioms for you which contain the word 

‘candle’. We all may have read some sentences with 

the idioms including the word 'candle', but sometimes we can’t understand the usage of that word there, and it also makes us perplexed as a reader to understand the meaning of the sentence.

But English Branded really hope and ensures that after 

reading this blog you will not have any problem if you ever come across these kinds of idioms.

So let’s get started...

1. Burn the candle at both ends – to waste or use up in two ways at once

Sentence – Please don’t burn the candle at both 

ends.

2. Not fit to hold a candle – not fit to be compared to

Sentence – Rahul Gandhi is not fit to hold a candle to Mahatma Gandhi, although he bears his name.

3. Sell by the candle – to offer for sale as long as a small piece burns itself out.

Sentence – The old car was sold by the candle.

4. The game is not worth the candle – the thing is not worth the expense of labor for it.

Sentence – My friend is putting too much effort into his work but the game is not worth the candle.

5. Candle power – unit for the measurement of light

Sentence – This is 20-candle power lamp.