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New2grammar Posted 19 years ago
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wear the pants

I'm sure he is not the one that wears the pants in the house. Emotion: smile

Is this sentence idiomatic? It means he has a controlling wife.

Thanks in advance!
  

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I usually hear this expression as "She wears the pants in the family ", so I think your sentence would be more idiomatic with the word family (rather than house ). And, yes, that means she (the wife) is in firm control and the husband is not.

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  • I usually hear this expression as "She wears the pants in the family ", so I think your sentence would be more idiomatic with the word family (rather than house ).
  • And, yes, that means she (the wife) is in firm control and the husband is not.
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I usually hear this expression as "She wears the pants in the family", so I think your sentence would be more idiomatic with the word family (rather than house).

And, yes, that means she (the wife) is in firm control and the husband is not.
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