wear the trousers

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishwear the trouserswear the trousersBritish English, wear the pants American English informalDECIDE to be the person in a family who makes the decisions → wearExamples from the Corpuswear the trousers• In her wake came the likes of Chrissie Hynde, who found it easier just to wear the trousers.• And contrary to popular belief, we don't want to wear the trousers at home.• I think you should talk to Pat - she's the one who wears the trousers in that household.

单词	wear the trousers
释义	wear the trousers From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishwear the trouserswear the trousersBritish English, wear the pants American English informalDECIDE to be the person in a family who makes the decisions → wearExamples from the Corpuswear the trousers• In her wake came the likes of Chrissie Hynde, who found it easier just to wear the trousers.• And contrary to popular belief, we don't want to wear the trousers at home.• I think you should talk to Pat - she's the one who wears the trousers in that household.
随便看	set out to do something set out with the idea etc of doing set out with the idea/purpose/intention etc of doing something set out with the intention etc of doing set out with the purpose etc of doing set pen to paper set piece set right set right set sail set smile set smile/teeth/jaw set somebody back set somebody back $50/£100 etc set somebody free/loose set somebody something set somebody straight/right set somebody straight/right set somebody to do something set somebody/something against somebody/something set somebody/something apart set somebody/something back set somebody/something doing something set somebody’s teeth on edge set something (down) on something