wear the trousers
English
Verb
wear the trousers (third-person singular simple present wears the trousers, present participle wearing the trousers, simple past wore the trousers, past participle worn the trousers)
- (Britain) Of a woman: to be the dominant partner in a relationship.
- 1988, John Rowan, Windy Dryden, Innovative Therapy in Britain:
- His mother wore the trousers, and father, a gentle man who worked in local government, was not ambitious enough for her.
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Synonyms
- rule the roost
- wear the breeches (archaic) or (obsolete)
- wear the pants (US)
Translations
to be the dominant partner
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