the fish rots from the head

短语

鱼从头烂

释义与例句

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  1. 1.

    Bad leaders harm an organization.

    鱼从头烂

词源

Attested in Adages of Erasmus (16 c., Latin): Piscis primum a capite foetet (“The fish stinks first from the head”).

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