household wear
1wear the trousers — verb exercise authority or be in charge Who is calling the shots in this house? • Syn: ↑call the shots, ↑call the tune • Hypernyms: ↑control, ↑command • Verb Frames …
2Household Division — is a term used principally in the Commonwealth of Nations to describe a country’s most elite or historically senior military units, or those military units that provide ceremonial or protective functions associated directly with the Head of state …
3wear\ the\ pants — • wear the trousers • wear the pants v. phr. informal To have a man s authority; be the boss of a family or household. Mr. Wilson is henpecked by his wife; she wears the trousers in that family. Mrs. Jones talks a lot but Mr. Jones wears the… …
4wear\ the\ trousers — • wear the trousers • wear the pants v. phr. informal To have a man s authority; be the boss of a family or household. Mr. Wilson is henpecked by his wife; she wears the trousers in that family. Mrs. Jones talks a lot but Mr. Jones wears the… …
5Household Cavalry — The term Household Cavalry is used across the Commonwealth to describe the cavalry of the Household Divisions, a country’s most elite or historically senior military groupings or those military groupings that provide functions associated directly …
6wear the pants (in the house) — tv. to be he boss in the house; to run a household. □ All right, if you have to wear the pants, have it your way. □ Well, somebody has to wear the pants …
7wear the trousers — or[wear the pants] {v. phr.}, {informal} To have a man s authority; be the boss of a family or household. * /Mr. Wilson is henpecked by his wife; she wears the trousers in that family./ * /Mrs. Jones talks a lot but Mr. Jones wears the pants in… …
8wear the trousers — or[wear the pants] {v. phr.}, {informal} To have a man s authority; be the boss of a family or household. * /Mr. Wilson is henpecked by his wife; she wears the trousers in that family./ * /Mrs. Jones talks a lot but Mr. Jones wears the pants in… …
9wear the trousers — or wear the pants phrasal to have the controlling authority in a household …
10wear the pants — be the controlling person in a household, be the authority, be in control (about a woman, usually regarding her relationship with her male partner) …