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Shakespeare play that contains the line 'something is rotten in the state of Denmark' used to describe minor setbacks.

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"i use 'something is rotten in the state of denmark' whenever i experience a minor setback, especially due to infrastructural failures. e.g., only the upwards escalator is broken, they have run out of choco leibniz biscuits (milk chocolate variety) at tesco's."
handy shakespearisms you drop in daily chat · u/mybigfatgreekaffect · ↑169 · 2023-07-03
"the whole essence of man consists in the sensations of hunger, cold, offense, loss, and a Hamletian fear of death."
here are some good Chekhov quotes · u/crystalvision3455 · ↑41 · 2021-11-21
"The modern man (and wamman, of course) can effortlessly regurgitate obscure sports statistics and the mumblings of midwit rappers but not the stirring, immortal words of inspired poets. I can hardly cough out two lines from Hamlet."
Reciting Poetry. A lost art · u/Aggravating_One_8140 · ↑27 · 2022-10-23
"I can hardly cough out two lines from Hamlet."
Reciting Poetry. A lost art · u/Aggravating_One_8140 · ↑27 · 2022-10-23
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