expression that means he/she will never be as good as you

[splange]

The expression I'm searching for goes along the lines of 'she couldn't wipe your shoes' ??? Or something like that, does anybody know what it is or am I talking rubbish as per? Cheers.

[Miss Zippy]

Not fit to lick the **** off your shoes?

[splange]

Maybe that's it.

[jno]

'He's not fit to lace your boots' - or as someone said of a young footballer, 'He's not fit to lace George Best's drinks'

[woofgang]

It comes from the bible. John the Baptist says that one will come "whose shoes I am not fit to unloose" meaning Jesus

[woofgang]

here's the quote

Whilst baptizing, John, lest the people might think "that perhaps he might be the Christ" (Luke, iii, 15), did not fail to insist that his was only a forerunner's mission: "I indeed baptize you with water; but there shall come one mightier than I, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to loose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire: whose fan is in his hand and he will purge his floor; and will gather the wheat into his barn, but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire" (Luke, iii, 16, 17).

[splange]

 

Lace his boots! That's the one, and its origins! Bless you all.

[Artful]

He's not fit to lick his boots!

[Artful]

"to come up to" as in "the writing simply doesn't come up to the required superior standard." but with a person it's something like "she doesn't come up to your knees"... Any ideas would be most appreciated, thanks.