('chiefly Brit') Your financial debt 'pales into insignificance' [=seems much smaller] when you compare it with mine.
The afternoon meal 'paled in comparison to/with' [=was not nearly as good as] the feast they had later.
Once you've tasted the local apples, all others 'pale by comparison'. [=all others seem less good]
(..) - Kurt? Yes, Kurt Cowbrain. I remember I was doing Svanas' hair when you rushed in, Fúsi, pale as a sheet and said: Kurt Cowbrain is dead. He shot himself in the head. What a shock I got. I'll just never forget. Hey, what's up with Fúsi's hair? (..)2015 Virgin Mountain