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Idiom WEAR THE PANTS IN THE FAMILY
Definition to make the major decisions and have the greatest amount of power in a family
Examples
  1. Shelly and her husband disagreed on where to go on vacation, but they decided to work it out instead of fight. Neither one of them wears the pants in the family.
  2. Who makes the decisions in your family? Who wears the pants in your family?
Extra Info

The expression suggests the stereotype of a traditional family in which the person who wears the pants (the man) is the person who controls the family.

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