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Old January 28, 2010, 04:36 PM
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Lightbulb Pintar un cero a la izquierda

when sb is irrelevant or not important to sb else, pinta un cero a la izquierda o es un cero a la izquierda.
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Yes, there is a similar phrase in English. I think it's: he's a zero to the left
of the decimal.
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Un poco más literal

He´s a zero
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