Meaning of something is rotten in Denmark | Babel Free

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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