wear the pants in the house
wear the pants (in the house)
tv. to be the boss in the house; to run a household. All right, if you have to wear the pants, have it your way.
See also: house, pant, wear
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
- house of many doors
- juice house
- the lady of the house
- out of square
- open house, keep
- keep open house
- tiny house
- ask up
- move house
- spend the night with somebody/together