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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)
- (British, idiomatic) (typically of a woman) To be the dominant partner in a relationship.
- Synonyms: rule the roost, wear the breeches, (US) wear the pants
1987, Martin L. Gore (lyrics and music), “Never Let Me Down Again”, in Music for the Masses, performed by Depeche Mode:As long as I remember who's wearing the trousers / I hope he never lets me down again
1988, John Rowan, Windy Dryden, Innovative Therapy in Britain, page 246:His mother wore the trousers, and father, a gentle man who worked in local government, was not ambitious enough for her.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see wear, trouser.
Translations
to be the dominant partner
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