Wiktionary
wearing the pants
vb. (present participle of wear the pants dot=, English) (alternative form of wear the trousers cap=a English)
Usage examples of "wearing the pants".
When I came off him I was shook up inside and had a nosebleed, but I got off when I was good and ready and from that time on Sate knew who was wearing the pants.
He had shed his green silk jacket, but was still wearing the pants along with the pink sport shirt.
We even define our masculinity that way-_we talk about a man wearing the pants in his family.