A phrase meaning "I will assist but not actively participate." This is derived from a period where apprentices would hold a candle for their master to work. Related to the phrase "couldn't hold a candle", when a person is being described as being so inadequate that they were not fit to assist.
John: "The engine is shot. I'll have to take the whole thing apart to figure it out."
Melissa: "I'll hold the candle."
Melissa: "I'll hold the candle."
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vic: “HOLD MY POODLE (aka HOLD MY POOD)”
abbey: *holds Vic’s stuff (aka gear, handbag, drink etc.)
everyone: *laughs
abbey: *holds Vic’s stuff (aka gear, handbag, drink etc.)
everyone: *laughs
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I was on a management meeting the other day and my cousin appeared to be stroking something. Come to find out, he was trying to calm his dog who was holding a loaf and needed a run around the block to drop wolf bait.
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