"the fish rots from the head" meaning in English

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          "organization",
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          "word": "shit rolls downhill"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "yú cóngtou làn",
          "sense": "proverb",
          "word": "鱼从头烂"
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "proverb",
          "word": "ryba smrdí od hlavy"
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          "sense": "proverb",
          "word": "vis begint aan de kop te stinken"
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          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "proverb",
          "word": "putrado de fiŝo komenciĝas de l' kapo"
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          "sense": "proverb",
          "word": "le poisson pourrit par la tête"
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "proverb",
          "word": "Der Fisch stinkt vom Kopf her"
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          "roman": "hadág masríakh meharósh",
          "sense": "proverb",
          "word": "הַדָּג מַסְרִיחַ מֵהָרֹאשׁ"
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          "sense": "proverb",
          "word": "fejétől bűzlik a hal"
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "proverb",
          "word": "il pesce puzza dalla testa"
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          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "sense": "proverb",
          "word": "魚は頭から腐る"
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          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "winmur-i malga-ya araenmur-i makda",
          "sense": "proverb",
          "word": "윗물이 맑아야 아랫물이 맑다"
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          "sense": "proverb",
          "word": "piscis primum a capite foetet"
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          "sense": "proverb",
          "word": "žuvis pūva nuo galvos"
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          "word": "il-ħuta minn rasha tinten"
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          "sense": "proverb",
          "word": "ryba psuje się od głowy"
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          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "proverb",
          "word": "peștele de la cap se împute"
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ryba gnijót s golovy",
          "sense": "proverb",
          "word": "рыба гниёт с головы"
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          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "proverb",
          "word": "ryba smrdí od hlavy"
        },
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          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "ryba hnyje z holovy",
          "sense": "proverb",
          "word": "риба гниє з голови"
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  "word": "the fish rots from the head"
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      "word": "Der Fisch stinkt vom Kopf her"
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      "word": "il pesce puzza dalla testa"
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      "word": "魚は頭から腐る"
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      "sense": "proverb",
      "word": "žuvis pūva nuo galvos"
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      "sense": "proverb",
      "word": "il-ħuta minn rasha tinten"
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      "sense": "proverb",
      "word": "peștele de la cap se împute"
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      "roman": "ryba gnijót s golovy",
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      "word": "рыба гниёт с головы"
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      "sense": "proverb",
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  "word": "the fish rots from the head"
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