WEAR THE PANTS IN ONE`S FAMILY

Meaning of WEAR THE PANTS IN ONE`S FAMILY in English

be the boss of a family or household She seems to wear the pants in her family and is always telling her husband what to do.

English idioms vocab. Словарь английских идиом и выражений. 2012

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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FAMILY — I Basic social unit consisting of persons united by ties of marriage (affinity), "blood" (consanguinity), or adoption and usually representing …
Английский словарь Британика
WEAR — I. ˈwa(a)](ə)r, ˈwe], ]ə verb ( wore ˈwō(ə)r, ˈwȯ(ə)r, -ōə, -ȯ(ə) ; worn ˈwō(ə)rn, ˈwȯ(ə)rn, -ōən, -ȯ(ə)n ; or nonstandard …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ONE — I. |wən adjective Etymology: Middle English oon, on, from Old English ān; akin to Old High German ein one, Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
IN — I. (|)in, ən; usu ə n after t, d, s, or z as in “split in two”, often ə m …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FAMILY — I. ˈfam(ə)lē, ˈfaamlē, -li noun ( -es ) Etymology: Middle English familie, from Latin familia servants of a household, household …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PANTS — ˈpants, ˈpaan-, ˈpain- noun plural but sometimes singular in construction Usage: often attributive Etymology: short for pantaloons, plural of pantaloon …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WEAR — — wearer , n. /wair/ , v. , wore, worn, wearing , n. v.t. 1. to carry or have on …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PANTS — /pants/ , n. ( used with a pl. v. ) 1. trousers (def. 1). 2. underpants, esp. for women and …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ONE — /wun/ , adj. 1. being or amounting to a single unit or individual or entire thing, item, or object rather …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FAMILY — /fam"euh lee, fam"lee/ , n. , pl. families , adj. n. 1. parents and their children, considered as a group, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WEAR — I. ˈwer verb ( wore ˈwȯr ; worn ˈwȯrn ; wear·ing ) Etymology: Middle English weren, from Old English werian; …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ONE — I. ˈwən adjective Etymology: Middle English on, an, from Old English ān; akin to Old High German ein one, Latin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WEAR — noun ·same·as weir. 2. wear ·vt to form or shape by, or as by, attrition. 3. wear ·noun the thing …
Webster English vocab
FAMILY — vt course of descent; genealogy; line of ancestors; lineage. 2. family ·vt honorable descent; noble or respectable stock; as, a …
Webster English vocab
WEAR — the removal of material from a solid surface as a result of mechanical action exerted by another solid. Wear chiefly …
Britannica English vocabulary
FAMILY
Britannica English vocabulary
PANTS — pants BrE AmE pæn t s
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
FAMILY — family BrE AmE ˈfæm li ˈfæm ə l i, -ɪl- ▷ families ˈfæm liz ˈfæm ə l iz, -ɪl- ▶ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
WEAR — / weə(r); NAmE wer/ verb , noun ■ verb ( wore / wɔː(r); NAmE / worn / wɔːn; NAmE wɔːrn/) …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PANTS — / pænts; NAmE / noun [ pl. ] 1. ( BrE ) underpants or knickers : a pair of pants …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ONE
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FAMILY — / ˈfæməli; NAmE / noun , adjective ■ noun ( pl. -ies ) 1. [ C +sing./pl. v . ] …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WEAR — I. wear 1 S1 W1 /weə $ wer/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense wore /wɔː $ wɔːr/, past participle …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PANTS — I. pants 1 S3 /pænts/ BrE AmE noun [plural] [ Date: 1800-1900 ; Origin: pantaloons ] 1 . especially American …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ONE — I. one 1 S1 W1 /wʌn/ BrE AmE number 1 . the number 1: They had one daughter. one hundred …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FAMILY — fam ‧ i ‧ ly S1 W1 /ˈfæm ə li/ BrE AmE noun ( plural families ) [ Word Family: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WEAR — v. & n. --v. (past wore; past part. worn) 1 tr. have on one's person as clothing or an ornament …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PANTS — n.pl. colloq. 1 Brit. underpants or knickers. 2 US trousers or slacks. øbore (or scare etc.) the pants off colloq. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ONE — adj., n., & pron. --adj. 1 single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WEAR — v. & n. v. (past wore; past part. worn) 1 tr. have on one's person as clothing or an ornament …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PANTS — n.pl. colloq. 1 Brit. underpants or knickers. 2 US trousers or slacks. bore (or scare etc.) the pants off colloq. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ONE — adj., n., & pron. adj. 1 single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FAMILY — n. (pl. -ies) 1 a set of parents and children, or of relations, living together or not. 2 a the …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WEAR — 1. v. & n. --v. (past wore; past part. worn) 1. tr. have on one's person as clothing or an …
Oxford English vocab
PANTS — n.pl. colloq. 1. Brit. underpants or knickers. 2 US trousers or slacks. Phrases and idioms: bore (or scare etc.) the …
Oxford English vocab
ONE — adj., n., & pron. --adj. 1. single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Oxford English vocab
WEAR — ( wears, wearing, wore, worn) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. When …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PANTS — 1. Pants are a piece of underwear which have two holes to put your legs through and elastic around the …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ONE — ( ones) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. One is the number …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FAMILY — ( families) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. A family is a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PANTS — 1. Pants are a piece of underwear which have two holes to put your legs through and elastic around the …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
WEAR — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES an effect wears off (= gradually stops ) ▪ The effect of the anaesthetic …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PANTS
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ONE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FAMILY — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a committee/staff/family etc member ▪ Close friendships developed between crew members on the ship. a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PANTS
Cambridge English vocab
FAMILY — n. type family agave family Alcmaeonid family amaranth family amaryllis family Amati family Andreini family arum family Ashikaga family Barrymore …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
PANTS — Synonyms and related words : Bermuda shorts, Capri pants, bags, bells, bloomers, blue jeans, breeches, breeks, briefs, britches, buckskins, chivarras, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
PANTS — Noun/Adj. Nonsense, rubbish, bad. From the standard British English of pants, meaning underwear; also a variation on 'knickers'. E.g."The first …
Slang English vocab
PANTS — noun 1 ( BrE ) underwear ⇨ See also ↑ panties , ↑ underpants … OF PANTS ▪ pair VERB + …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
PANTS — • ↑ catch sb with their pants down
Longman Activator English vocab
FAMILY — INDEX: 1. a group of people who are related to each other 2. things that happen in a family or …
Longman Activator English vocab
WEAR
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
PANTS — n. pl. 1 In Britain (men's) drawers, small-clothes, smalls, drawers, underpants, boxer shorts, trunks, undershorts, Y-fronts, briefs, Colloq smalls; (women's) …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
PANTS — See: ANTS IN ONE'S PANTS, CATCH ONE WITH ONE'S PANTS DOWN, FANCY PANTS, FLY BY THE SEAT OF ONE'S PANTS, …
Словарь английских идиом
ONE — pronoun 1 BAD : Fluency in English is one of the best qualifications you can have. GOOD : Fluency in …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
PANTS — DON'T say if you mean trousers. Say trousers. Pants means underpants
Scottish Slang English vocabulary
WEAR — I 1. сущ. 1) ношение, носка (одежды) this is now in wear ≈ это теперь носят a dress for summer …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PANTS — сущ.; мн.; сокр. от pantaloons 1) амер.; разг. брюки, штаны knee pants ≈ брюки до колен; бриджи 2) кальсоны; подштанники; …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
ONE
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FAMILY — 1. сущ. 1) семья, семейство; род to start a family ≈ основать семью extended family ≈ большая семья good family …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
WEAR — wear.ogg _I 1. weə n 1. ношение, носка ( одежды ) in wear - а) находящийся в носке, надеваемый; the …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
PANTS — pants.ogg pænts n употр. с гл. во мн. ч. 1. амер. брюки, штаны deck pants - разг. женские брюки до …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей

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