('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]
(..) will you? Let's all drink, in celebration of the kill that is to come. "Lips ripe as the berries in June, Red the rose, red the rose..." "Skin pale as the light of the moon, gently as she goes..." "Eyes blue as the sea as the sky..." -Beowulf, come. - "Waterfall, waterfall..." (..)2007 Beowulf