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Old April 02, 2010, 03:51 AM
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María José is on a distinguished road
There are no equivalent expressions in Spanish. You would translate 'he's a few .... short of a ...' by using adjectives such as:
Es un poco
corto
Es un poco
espeso (like the English thick)
I have just remembered another expression:
No tiene muchas luces

All of the above are quite derogatory, like their English counterparts.
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