there is something rotten in the state of Denmark

Meaning

there is something rotten in the state of Denmark

Alternative form of something is rotten in the state of Denmark

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Examples

Alas, poor Yorick!" he said. "She heard mermaids, so it follows that there is something rotten in the state of Denmark. I have caught an everlasting cold, but luckily I am terribly dishonest. I cling to that. Diana Wynne Jones

Words in the phrase

there is something rotten in the state of Denmark

Close letter words and terms

there is nobody around There is not there is nowhere there is something to be said for there is trouble on three fronts there may be snow on the mountaintop but there's fire in the valley