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something is rotten in Denmark

Phrase CEFR C2

Definitions

Ellipsis of something is rotten in the state of Denmark.

abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis

Examples

“Among other sources who pepper the book's pages with their tips: "the Bookkeeper," a conscience-stricken woman who served C.R.P.'s finance chairman, Maurice Stans. "Something is rotten in Denmark and I'm part of it," she tremblingly warned Bernstein in her home one night a few weeks after the breakin.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

something is rotten in the state of Denmark something is up something like something tells one something to something-something

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