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
Winter	['wintə]
Mari (1)	MAH-ree (Finnish), mah-REE (Swedish)	Welsh, Breton, Estonian, Finnish, Hungarian, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Lonny	LAHN-ee	English
Geoffroi	-	Medieval French
Najwa	-	Arabic
Griogair	-	Scottish