wear the trousers

(British, American & Australian humorous) also wear the pants (American & Australian humorous)

to be the person in a relationship who makes all the important decisions I don't think there's any doubt about who wears the trousers in their house.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Omobolanle	-	Western African, Yoruba
Ataahua	-	Maori
Ioubal	-	Biblical Greek
Yaakov	-	Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Gottfrid	-	Swedish
Carmine	-	Italian