wear the trousers

Definitions

1. 1

   (typically of a woman) To be the dominant partner in a relationship.

   • As long as I remember who's wearing the trousers / I hope he never lets me down again
   • His mother wore the trousers, and father, a gentle man who worked in local government, was not ambitious enough for her.
2. 2

   Used other than figuratively or idiomatically

   Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see wear, trouser.

The neighborhood