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idiomsb wears the trousers (in the family/house) BrEBrEused in order to say that it is the wife and not the husband who makes decisions in the family:After watching the bride tell her husband to 'get in the car', one elderly lady remarked, "There's no doubt who'll wear the trousers in that house."I'd like to take a bet on it that the mother wears the trousers.AmE = sb wears the pants (in the family)
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