| 单词 | something is rotten in the state of denmark |
| 释义 | > as lemmassomething is rotten in the state of Denmark P2. something is rotten in the state of Denmark, and variants (after Shakespeare's use in quot. 1603): there is a corrupt element underlying a situation; (also in weakened sense) something is incorrect or unsatisfactory. ΚΠ 1603 W. Shakespeare Hamlet i. iv. 67 Something is rotten in the state of Denmarke. 1786 European Mag., & London Rev. Mar. 212/1 That the man who lost us great part of America..should be..unimpeached..; surely this betrays something very rotten in the State of Denmark. 1883 Central Law Jrnl. 17 38/2 The public at large, have..lost confidence in our criminal courts. ‘Something is rotten in the State of Denmark.’ A radical reform is inevitable. 1963 H. B. Curry Found. Math. Logic i. 8 There are those who maintain that there is something rotten in the state of mathematics and that large parts of classical analysis must be discarded. 2009 J. Feather Husband's Wicked Ways i. 5 If an individual couldn't feel safe a mere twenty yards from her own front door, then something was seriously rotten in the state of Denmark. < as lemmas |
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