PALE BESIDE / NEXT TO STH


Meaning of PALE BESIDE / NEXT TO STH in English

pale beside / next to sth | ˈpale in / by comparison (with / to sth) | ˈpale into insignificance

to seem less important when compared with sth else :

Last year's riots pale in comparison with this latest outburst of violence.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.