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is rotten in Denmark

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something is rotten in (the state of) Denmark.
Prov. something suspicious is going on. (From shakespeare's play Hamlet.) Jim: Look, there's a light on in the office, even though it's way past the time everyone should have left. John: Something is rotten in the state of Denmark. Jane: I wonder why Fred is coming in so late every morning. Jane: Something is rotten in Denmark.
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Combined with a monitoring service, a silent alarm can let the monitoring service know immediately that something is rotten in Denmark so to speak.
I'm not a conspiracy theorist, but me do thinks something is rotten in Denmark,'' he said.
 
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