benomatchfor (third-person singular simple presentis no match for,present participlebeing no match for,simple pastwas no match for,past participlebeen no match for)
- (idiomatic) To beoutmatched by; to be muchweaker, lesscapable, or lessdesirable than.
1887, Thomas Chandler Haliburton,Sam Slick, the Clockmaker, page10:King William number four, I guess, wouldbe no match for him as an orator – he'd talk him out of sight in half an hour.
1870,Representative and leading men of the Pacific, page329:Iam. no match for a physician in any matters connected with his pursuits, nor would the physician be a match for me in a legal argument .
1882 September 16, David Christie, “Valentine Strange”, inChambers's Edinburgh Journal, volume19, number977, page590:He was a dull dog, and he knew it; but though hewas no match for Garling intellectually , he knew himself a match and more than a match for him physically .
2014, Gail Whitiker,No Occupation For A Lady:The two soon had their heads close together in conversation, and while it was clear the gentlemanwas no match for her in appearance or style, there was no denying the strength of the connection between them .
