The expression meant that the person who cannot hold a candle to you is not fit even to be your servant.

VOA: special.2011.05.29

They fit perfectly. But when I eat too much, I feel like my clothes might burst at the seams.

VOA: special.2010.05.09

For years, shipbuilders limited the size of many ships so that they could fit through the Panama Canal.

VOA: special.2011.08.08

During the next ten years he tried to fit the theories about how children develop with what mothers told him about their children.

VOA: special.2009.03.15

But,a music industry expert thought she would be a good fit with the trio he was organizing.

VOA: special.2009.12.27

Ron Pinhasi of University College in Cork,Ireland, says it could have fit a man from that period.

VOA: special.2010.08.03

It is an angular glass building with several levels that do not seem to fit together.

VOA: special.2011.04.13

"There's a lot of sketching that goes on,and a lot of times I don't know where things are going to fit in the texture.

VOA: special.2010.07.12

She will sell you a cowboy hat made to fit the exact size of your head.

VOA: special.2009.02.16

And, because we are a history museum, they fit directly into our interest in things relating to industry and things relating to invention and innovation."

VOA: special.2011.06.21

The story is also about two people who do not fit with other people.

VOA: special.2010.01.10

There were times when I was lonely and felt like I didn't fit in."

VOA: special.2009.09.10

Inside,all of the walls can be moved to best fit the art collection.

VOA: special.2009.12.13

He said the idea came to him when he observed that the coasts of South America and Africa could fit together like two pieces of a puzzle.

VOA: special.2010.01.12