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Something is not right, seriously amiss, especially when leading to suspicion of motive.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
Examples
- If the authorities knew about the problems and chose not to prevent them, then clearly something is rotten in the state of Denmark.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
A line spoken by Marcellus in William Shakespeare's Hamlet, Act I, scene iv.
Across languages
Translations
30 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
има нещо гнило в Дания
(ima nešto gnilo v Danija)
— Hamlet quotation, used in other contexts to mean "something is not right"
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Czech:
je cosi shnilého ve státě dánském
— Hamlet quotation, used in other contexts to mean "something is not right"
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Czech:
je něco shnilého ve státě dánském
— Hamlet quotation, used in other contexts to mean "something is not right"
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Danish:
der er noget råddent i Danmark
— Hamlet quotation, used in other contexts to mean "something is not right"
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Esperanto:
malbona io estas en Danujo
— Hamlet quotation, used in other contexts to mean "something is not right"
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Finnish:
on jotain mätää Tanskanmaalla
— Hamlet quotation, used in other contexts to mean "something is not right"
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French:
il y a quelque chose de pourri au royaume du Danemark
— Hamlet quotation, used in other contexts to mean "something is not right"
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French:
il y a quelque chose de pourri au royaume de Danemark
— Hamlet quotation, used in other contexts to mean "something is not right"
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Galician:
haber gato en fol
— Hamlet quotation, used in other contexts to mean "something is not right"
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Galician:
algo cheira a podre en Dinamarca
— Hamlet quotation, used in other contexts to mean "something is not right"
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German:
etwas ist faul im Staate Dänemark
— Hamlet quotation, used in other contexts to mean "something is not right"
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Greek:
κάτι σάπιο υπάρχει στο βασίλειο της Δανιμαρκίας
(káti sápio ypárchei sto vasíleio tis Danimarkías)
— Hamlet quotation, used in other contexts to mean "something is not right"
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Hebrew:
משהו רקוב בממלכת דנמרק
— Hamlet quotation, used in other contexts to mean "something is not right"
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Hungarian:
valami bűzlik Dániában
— Hamlet quotation, used in other contexts to mean "something is not right"
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Italian:
c'è del marcio nel regno di Danimarca
— Hamlet quotation, used in other contexts to mean "something is not right"
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Italian:
c'è del marcio in Danimarca
— Hamlet quotation, used in other contexts to mean "something is not right"
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Norwegian:
det er noe råttent i kongeriket Danmark
— Hamlet quotation, used in other contexts to mean "something is not right"
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Polish:
źle się dzieje w państwie duńskim
— Hamlet quotation, used in other contexts to mean "something is not right"
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Portuguese:
há algo de podre no reino da Dinamarca
— Hamlet quotation, used in other contexts to mean "something is not right"
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Romanian:
ceva e putred în Danemarca
— Hamlet quotation, used in other contexts to mean "something is not right"
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Russian:
нела́дно что́-то в да́тском короле́встве
(neládno štó-to v dátskom korolévstve)
— Hamlet quotation, used in other contexts to mean "something is not right"
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Serbo-Croatian:
има нешто труло у држави Данској
— Hamlet quotation, used in other contexts to mean "something is not right"
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Serbo-Croatian:
ima nešto trulo u državi Danskoj
— Hamlet quotation, used in other contexts to mean "something is not right"
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Serbo-Croatian:
nešto je trulo u državi Danskoj
— Hamlet quotation, used in other contexts to mean "something is not right"
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Spanish:
algo está podrido en el estado de Dinamarca
— Hamlet quotation, used in other contexts to mean "something is not right"
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Spanish:
algo huele a podrido en Dinamarca
— Hamlet quotation, used in other contexts to mean "something is not right"
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Swedish:
något är ruttet i konungariket Danmark
— Hamlet quotation, used in other contexts to mean "something is not right"
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Swedish:
något är ruttet
— Hamlet quotation, used in other contexts to mean "something is not right"
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Swedish:
i danska staten någonting är ruttet
— Hamlet quotation, used in other contexts to mean "something is not right"
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Turkish:
çürümüş bir şeyler var şu Danimarka krallığında
— Hamlet quotation, used in other contexts to mean "something is not right"
