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to wear trousers

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  • Trousers — are an item of clothing worn on the lower part of the body from the waist to the ankles, covering both legs separately (rather than with cloth stretching across both as in skirts and dresses). Such items of clothing are often referred to as pants …   Wikipedia

  • trousers — n. 1) to put on; wear trousers 2) to take off trousers 3) to button up; unbutton; unzip; zip up one s trousers 4) baggy; long; short trousers 5) a pair of trousers 6) (misc.) a trouser leg * * * [ traʊzəz] long short trousers unbutton …   Combinatory dictionary

  • trousers — trouserless, adj. /trow zeuhrz/, n. (used with a pl. v.) 1. Sometimes, trouser. Also called pants. a usually loose fitting outer garment for the lower part of the body, having individual leg portions that reach typically to the ankle but… …   Universalium

  • wear the pants — to be the person in charge in a marriage or family. She has the best paid job and she also wears the pants in the family. Usage notes: used to describe women, as in the example Etymology: based on the idea that men are traditionally in control… …   New idioms dictionary

  • wear\ the\ trousers — • wear the trousers • wear the pants v. phr. informal To have a man s authority; be the boss of a family or household. Mr. Wilson is henpecked by his wife; she wears the trousers in that family. Mrs. Jones talks a lot but Mr. Jones wears the… …   Словарь американских идиом

  • trousers — ► PLURAL NOUN ▪ an outer garment covering the body from the waist to the ankles, with a separate part for each leg. ● wear the trousers Cf. ↑wear the trousers DERIVATIVES trousered adjective. ORIGIN from Irish triús and Scottish Gaelic triubhas;… …   English terms dictionary

  • wear the trousers — The person who  wears the trousers is the dominant or controlling person in a relationship, especially the woman …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • wear the trousers — ► wear the trousers informal be the dominant partner in a relationship. Main Entry: ↑trousers …   English terms dictionary

  • wear — wear1 [wer] vt. wore, worn, wearing [ME weren < OE werian, akin to ON verja, Goth wasjan, to clothe < IE base * wes , to clothe > Sans vastra , L vestis, clothing, vestire, to clothe] 1. a) to have on the body or carry on the person… …   English World dictionary

  • wear\ the\ pants — • wear the trousers • wear the pants v. phr. informal To have a man s authority; be the boss of a family or household. Mr. Wilson is henpecked by his wife; she wears the trousers in that family. Mrs. Jones talks a lot but Mr. Jones wears the… …   Словарь американских идиом

  • wear the trousers — verb exercise authority or be in charge Who is calling the shots in this house? • Syn: ↑call the shots, ↑call the tune • Hypernyms: ↑control, ↑command • Verb Frames …   Useful english dictionary

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