have nothing on

Definitions

1. 1

   To be short of accusatory evidence against (a person).

   • Relax. The cops have nothing on us. All they can prove is that we were in the same town on the same day.
2. 2

   To lack an advantage over, to not be in a better position than, to be nonsuperior to.

   • His Mustang has nothing on her Corvette. [ = both cars are fast, and his cannot beat hers, although perhaps her car is not much faster (ambiguous)]
   • “Gad, what a green!” said Mr. Mott, pop-eyed. “Like a billiard-table. We’ve got an English greenskeeper; he’s a wonder. Sleepy Hollow and Pine Valley have nothing on us.”
   • “And I say unto you, no pious person could gaze down upon that scene without recognizing fully the Bible picture of the Pit of Hell. Believe me, the writers of the New Testament had nothing on us. […]”

The neighborhood

• neighbordo one better
• neighborget one over on