Originally it's the ominous start from Shakespeare's Hamlet "There's something rotten in the state of Denmark..." It referred to the foul play involved in the plot.
This expression is from one of the most recognized works of Shakespeare. The line "Something is rotten in the state of Denmark" is from Hamlet.
In the days of Hamlet there definitely was. How things are now-a-days I'm really not up on.
This quote comes from the play 'Hamlet' by William Shakespeare. It refers to the fact that there is incest and murder going on in the Danish royal family.
Bush The quote is from the play "Hamlet" and the remark is made by Marcellus in Act I, scene iv. Marcellus is one of the guard along the battlements of the castle that has alerted Hamlet to the apparition of his dead father.
There is an injustice being perpetuated in the Danish royal house. ....Mmmm , the Royal House bit in the above reply is historicaly correct.But seeing how we are not in 1603 , intodays world , this phrase means to convey CORRUPTION
This expression is from one of the most recognized works of Shakespeare. The line "Something is rotten in the state of Denmark" is from Hamlet.
I'm from Rolling Stone - 2006 There's Something Rotten in Denmark 1-4 was released on: USA: 28 January 2007
In the days of Hamlet there definitely was. How things are now-a-days I'm really not up on.
The ISBN of Something Rotten is 0670033596.
Something Rotten has 320 pages.
when something gets rooten when something gets rotten when something gets rotten
Something Rotten was created on 2004-08-05.
the 'smell' is alluding to something wrong, not an actual odor- Ex- when you smell something fishy going on- it doesn't actually mean you smell flounder Hamlet quotes- "There is something rotten in the state of Denmark" "The old chief will wear his feathers, ride his pony and eat his corn when you smell the flowers that they put on your grave"
The rotten oranges represent something in your life that ought to be pleasant and lovely, but turns out to be rotten or nasty. That might be anything from a homework assignment or a shopping trip to a disappointing relationship.
Words that mean something has spoiled could be rotten. Or out of date, expired, gone bad or no good.
Something you ate was rotten
Apparently a more polite form of saying Something stinks in Denmark. Which use to mean. There's something going on which is not right. But that's all you know.One can't tell yet, what is wrong.