wear the pants
基本解释
- 掌权当家（尤指妇女）
英汉例句
- In China, those who wear the pants in the family are mostly women.
在中国，很多当家的都是女人。 - Julie usually does wear the pants in our family, to use a clothing metaphor.
朱莉通常负责我们全家人穿的裤子，也就是暗指所有衣物。 - I like being a woman, even in a man's world. After all, men can't wear dresses, but we can wear the pants. —— Whitney Houston.
即使是生活在男人的世界里我也喜欢做女人。毕竟，男人不能穿裙子，但是我们能穿裤子。—— 惠特尼·休斯顿。 - People wear pants to cover the lower part of their bodies.
- It was a convoluted expression of the classic view of sexual differences: women did not wear the pants in the family-or anywhere else, for that matter.
FORBES: Do You Remember Lois Rabinowitz? - Yes, I could wear pants in most places on the East Coast (except maybe Florida) and not get glared at.
FORBES: On The 50th Anniversary of 'The Feminine Mystique,' Is There Still A 'Problem That Has No Name?' - Well, let me rephrase that: I wanted to be a princess who could wear pants, wrestle her enemies and hang with the Ghostbusters on the weekend.
FORBES: Are Princesses Still Relevant?