ATD, page 302, 3rd paragraph

[Dave Monroe]

On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 1:02 PM, Alex Nunez <penarecords at gmail.com> wrote:

> "Pandemonium did not begin to amount to a patch on what seemed to be
> approaching them instead of they it, swelling to surround them, a
> valley-wide symphony of gunshots, screaming, blaring on musical
> instruments..."
>
> Specifically the first segment. In what way does pandemonium (chaos,
> disorder) "patch" things?

Wilkommen!

... but do note, "did not begin to amount to a patch," i.e., ...

5:  someone or something equal or comparable —usually used in negative
constructions <the new chairman isn't a patch on his predecessor>

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/patch
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