be no match for

present singular third person is no match for · participle present being no match for · past was no match for · participle past been no match for

1. idiomaticTo be outmatched by; to be much weaker, less capable, or less desirable than.

   King William number four, I guess, would be no match for him as an orator – he'd talk him out of sight in half an hour.

   1887, Thomas Chandler Haliburton, Sam Slick, the Clockmaker, page 10

   3 more examples

   I am. 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 .

   1870, Representative and leading men of the Pacific, page 329

   He was a dull dog, and he knew it; but though he was no match for Garling intellectually , he knew himself a match and more than a match for him physically .

   1882 September 16, David Christie, “Valentine Strange”, in Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, volume 19, number 977, page 590

   The two soon had their heads close together in conversation, and while it was clear the gentleman was no match for her in appearance or style, there was no denying the strength of the connection between them .

   2014, Gail Whitiker, No Occupation For A Lady