wear the pants
Example Sentences
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And she’ll likely wear the pants for just a season or two.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 15, 2025
Players can wear the pants down or wear them high to show off the special socks.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 28, 2023
He improvised a replacement line that Hughes used in the film: “When you meet your Mr. Right, make sure he knows you wear the pants in the family.”
From Washington Post ● Dec. 14, 2022
“I’m loud, and I’m vulgar, and I wear the pants in the house because somebody’s got to,” Martha says with unrepressed bitterness to her husband George.
From Economist ● Apr. 5, 2018
“Hey, I wear the pants in this family, so don’t you be a smarty-pants,” she said, and poked me on the shoulder.
From "Dead End in Norvelt" by Jack Gantos
