魚は頭から腐る in Japanese

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "魚は頭から腐る",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "魚",
          "さかな"
        ],
        [
          "頭",
          "あたま"
        ],
        [
          "腐",
          "くさ"
        ]
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      "form": "sakana wa atama kara kusaru",
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      "glosses": [
        "the fish rots from the head"
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          "the fish rots from the head",
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        "(idiomatic) the fish rots from the head"
      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "魚は頭から腐る"
}

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "魚は頭から腐る",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "魚",
          "さかな"
        ],
        [
          "頭",
          "あたま"
        ],
        [
          "腐",
          "くさ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sakana wa atama kara kusaru",
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        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "proverb",
        "2": "さかな は あたま から くさる"
      },
      "expansion": "魚(さかな)は頭(あたま)から腐(くさ)る • (sakana wa atama kara kusaru)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
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        "the fish rots from the head"
      ],
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          "the fish rots from the head",
          "the fish rots from the head"
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      ],
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        "(idiomatic) the fish rots from the head"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "魚は頭から腐る"
}

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"魚は頭から腐る" meaning in Japanese

Proverb