Please tell me the meaning of this sentence

[maral55]

Could you please tell me the meaning?


This house isn't a patch on where we used to live.

thanks

 

[sarat_106]

Could you please tell me the meaning?


This house isn't a patch on where we used to live.

thanks

not be a patch on something means: to be much less good/serviceable than something.
So this house is not a patch on (= less serviceable compared to) our previous house where we lived.

 

[Anglika]

I would read that as "This house cannot compare with where we used to live".

 

[blingenfelter]

I would continue the metaphor - a patch on an old pair of pants is better than how this house compares to my old one.

This new house stinks.
:-D