"рыба гниёт с головы" meaning in Russian

{
  "etymology_text": "From Latin \"Piscis primum a capite foetet\". The further etymology is unknown. First ecountered in works of Plutarch.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ры́ба гниёт с головы́",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rýba gnijót s golový",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "proverb",
        "head": "ры́ба гниёт с головы́"
      },
      "expansion": "ры́ба гниёт с головы́ • (rýba gnijót s golový)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Russian",
  "lang_code": "ru",
  "pos": "proverb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Russian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Russian proverbs",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the fish rots from the head (bad leaders harm an organization)."
      ],
      "id": "en-рыба_гниёт_с_головы-ru-proverb-8H1yNmLA",
      "links": [
        [
          "the fish rots from the head",
          "the fish rots from the head"
        ],
        [
          "bad",
          "bad"
        ],
        [
          "leader",
          "leader"
        ],
        [
          "harm",
          "harm"
        ],
        [
          "organization",
          "organization"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "roman": "kakov pop, takov i prixod",
          "word": "каков поп, таков и приход"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈrɨbə ɡnʲɪˈjɵd͡z z‿ɡəɫɐˈvɨ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "рыба гниёт с головы"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "From Latin \"Piscis primum a capite foetet\". The further etymology is unknown. First ecountered in works of Plutarch.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ры́ба гниёт с головы́",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rýba gnijót s golový",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "proverb",
        "head": "ры́ба гниёт с головы́"
      },
      "expansion": "ры́ба гниёт с головы́ • (rýba gnijót s golový)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Russian",
  "lang_code": "ru",
  "pos": "proverb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Russian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Russian lemmas",
        "Russian multiword terms",
        "Russian proverbs",
        "Russian terms with IPA pronunciation"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the fish rots from the head (bad leaders harm an organization)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "the fish rots from the head",
          "the fish rots from the head"
        ],
        [
          "bad",
          "bad"
        ],
        [
          "leader",
          "leader"
        ],
        [
          "harm",
          "harm"
        ],
        [
          "organization",
          "organization"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈrɨbə ɡnʲɪˈjɵd͡z z‿ɡəɫɐˈvɨ]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "kakov pop, takov i prixod",
      "word": "каков поп, таков и приход"
    }
  ],
  "word": "рыба гниёт с головы"
}