imam osurursa cemaat sıçar
Turkish
Etymology
Literally,
“
if the imam farts, the congregation shits
”
.
Proverb
imam
osurur
sa
cemaat
sıçar
(
mildly vulgar
)
when leaders do a bad job, their subordinates or followers will do a worse job
Further reading
“
imam osurursa cemaat sıçar
”, in
Turkish dictionaries
, Türk Dil Kurumu