"長い物には巻かれろ" meaning in Japanese

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "長い物には巻かれろ",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "長",
          "なが"
        ],
        [
          "物",
          "もの"
        ],
        [
          "巻",
          "ま"
        ]
      ],
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nagai mono ni wa makarero",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "proverb",
        "2": "ながい もの に は まかれろ"
      },
      "expansion": "長(なが)い物(もの)には巻(ま)かれろ • (nagai mono ni wa makarero)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "proverb",
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          "kind": "other",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "it is best to submit to circumstances"
      ],
      "id": "en-長い物には巻かれろ-ja-proverb-T-OYC5or"
    }
  ],
  "word": "長い物には巻かれろ"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "長い物には巻かれろ",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "長",
          "なが"
        ],
        [
          "物",
          "もの"
        ],
        [
          "巻",
          "ま"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nagai mono ni wa makarero",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "proverb",
        "2": "ながい もの に は まかれろ"
      },
      "expansion": "長(なが)い物(もの)には巻(ま)かれろ • (nagai mono ni wa makarero)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "proverb",
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        "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
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        "Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms spelled with sixth grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
        "Japanese terms written with three Han script characters"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "it is best to submit to circumstances"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "長い物には巻かれろ"
}

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