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What is meant by the saying "Something is rotten in Denmark?"?

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What is meant by the saying "Something is rotten in Denmark?"?

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It means that something is wrong or corrupt.

As Richard above me said it was used in Shakespeare's Hamlet. They later find out that the Hamlet's uncle killed Hamlet's father, the king of Denmark, to take over the throne.

It has nothing to do with the smell of fish! Source(s): I know Hamlet and live in Denmark
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