the fish rots from the head in English

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      "expansion": "the fish rots from the head",
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        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "yú cóngtou làn",
          "sense": "proverb",
          "word": "鱼从头烂"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "proverb",
          "word": "ryba smrdí od hlavy"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "proverb",
          "word": "vis begint aan de kop te stinken"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "proverb",
          "word": "putrado de fiŝo komenciĝas de l' kapo"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "proverb",
          "word": "le poisson pourrit par la tête"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "proverb",
          "word": "Der Fisch stinkt vom Kopf her"
        },
        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "hadág masríakh meharósh",
          "sense": "proverb",
          "word": "הַדָּג מַסְרִיחַ מֵהָרֹאשׁ"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "proverb",
          "word": "fejétől bűzlik a hal"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "proverb",
          "word": "il pesce puzza dalla testa"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "sense": "proverb",
          "word": "魚は頭から腐る"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "winmur-i malga-ya araenmur-i makda",
          "sense": "proverb",
          "word": "윗물이 맑아야 아랫물이 맑다"
        },
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          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "proverb",
          "word": "piscis primum a capite foetet"
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          "code": "mt",
          "lang": "Maltese",
          "sense": "proverb",
          "word": "il-ħuta minn rasha tinten"
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "proverb",
          "word": "ryba psuje się od głowy"
        },
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "proverb",
          "word": "peștele de la cap se împute"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ryba gnijet s golovy",
          "sense": "proverb",
          "word": "рыба гниет с головы"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "proverb",
          "word": "ryba smrdí od hlavy"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "ryba hnyje z holovy",
          "sense": "proverb",
          "word": "риба гниє з голови"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "the fish rots from the head"
}

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

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"the fish rots from the head" meaning in English

Proverb