1860 C. Reade xxxvii He is not a patch on you for looks.
1889 20 Feb. 10/1 We have some strange weather in England..but it is doubtful whether we are a patch upon Australia.
1924 M. Baring xiv. 163 Gautier had written some very good verse, but he was too romantic and not a patch on André Chénier.
1994 10 Oct. 18/5 Set against native trees, Leyland green looks very synthetic, and is not a patch on yew.