上梁不正下梁歪 [shàng liáng bù zhèng xià liáng wāi]
1 比喻地位或声誉高的人品行不好,下边的人也仿效而学坏。
英 those in subordinate positions will follow the example set by their superiors; fish begins to stink at the head; when the upper beam is not straight,the lower ones will go aslant;
1 比喻居上位的人行为不正,下面的人就跟着干坏事。
1 比喻在上位的人或长辈行为不正,在下位的人或晚辈受其影响,也跟著行为不正。
英语 lit. If the upper beam is not straight, the lower beam will be crooked (idiom); fig. subordinates imitate their superiors' vices