"the bigger they are, the harder they fall" meaning in English

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        "The larger or the higher of a rank something is, the more disastrous and spectacular its downfall."
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          "word": "how the mighty have fallen"
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          "word": "pride comes before a fall"
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          "word": "the highest branch is not the safest roost"
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          "word": "the bigger they come, the harder they fall"
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "proverb",
          "word": "hoge bomen vangen veel wind"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "proverb",
          "word": "ryskyen kaatuvat suuret puut"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "proverb",
          "word": "wer hoch steigt, fällt tief"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "proverb",
          "word": "wer hoch fliegt, fällt tief"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "proverb",
          "word": "wer viel hat, kann viel verlieren"
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          "roman": "cʰəə tʰom rɔlum lɨɨ klaŋ",
          "sense": "proverb",
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        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "proverb",
          "word": "quanto maior a altura, maior a queda"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "english": "the bigger is a cupboard, the louder it falls",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "čem bólʹše škaf, tem grómče on pádajet",
          "sense": "proverb",
          "word": "чем бо́льше шкаф, тем гро́мче он па́дает"
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          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "proverb",
          "word": "kdor visoko leta, nizko pade"
        },
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          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "proverb",
          "word": "más dura será la caída"
        }
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  "word": "the bigger they are, the harder they fall"
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      "word": "how the mighty have fallen"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "proverb",
      "word": "hoge bomen vangen veel wind"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "proverb",
      "word": "ryskyen kaatuvat suuret puut"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "proverb",
      "word": "wer hoch steigt, fällt tief"
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    {
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "proverb",
      "word": "wer hoch fliegt, fällt tief"
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "proverb",
      "word": "wer viel hat, kann viel verlieren"
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    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "proverb",
      "word": "quanto maior a altura, maior a queda"
    },
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      "english": "the bigger is a cupboard, the louder it falls",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "čem bólʹše škaf, tem grómče on pádajet",
      "sense": "proverb",
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      "word": "kdor visoko leta, nizko pade"
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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "proverb",
      "word": "más dura será la caída"
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  "word": "the bigger they are, the harder they fall"
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