wear the trousers Definition

trousers
plural noun

1. An outer garment for the lower part of the body, reaching from the waist and covering each leg separately, usually down to the ankle.

Thesaurus: pants, slacks, breeches, jeans, flannels.


Example: trouser press
Form: trouser

Idiom: be caught with one's trousers down (get etc caught with one's trousers down)

colloq
To be embarrassed and taken by surprise.

Idiom: wear the trousers

colloq
To be the dominant member of a household who makes the decisions.

Etymology: 16c: from Irish trius and Scottish Gaelic triubhas trews, and influenced by ‘drawers' (see drawer sense 3).