老外说他 wear the trousers,可不是“穿着裤子”!真正的意思竟然是…



toursers是英式英语中是长裤的意思,但是wear the trousers可能不是穿上裤子~
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Wear the trousers和Wear the pants是两个相似的短语,可能起源于19世纪的美国。它们是习语,也就是具有比喻意义的一个词,一组词或短语,习语比较不容易从其字面意义推导出来其真实意思。

在一段关系中,谁“wear the trousers/pants”就意味着谁在这段关系中是负责的人,是占主导地位的成员。负责一段关系的人会被描绘成穿着裤子的人的原因是,在19世纪,社会是非常男权的。
在过去的时代,女性的服饰是没有“裤子”这个选项的,他们认为“裤子”代表男人,“裙子”代表女人。而男人往往是社会的主导力量。直到19世纪90年代之后,女性才慢慢开始争取到了穿着裤装的权利。
wear the trousers真正的意思是:
To be in charge in or control of a relationship or family. Often followed by in the family or in the house.
在恋爱中或是家庭中掌权,负责。这个短语后边经常会接in the family或者是in the house。

Quora用户:
Based
on the largely outmoded (on several levels) idea that the man is the
boss - when this was thought to be true — pants (ie trousers)
symbolising the man (it not being though appropriate for women to wear
them!) 
基于“男人是老大”这一基本过时(从几个层面来说)的观念——在当时被认为是真理的观念——裤子象征着男人(女人穿裤子是不合适!)
Hence it could be heard, when someone commented on a particularly
domineering wife: “You can tell who wears the trousers in that house!” The expression can still be heard occasionally, but less so since the feminist agenda gained traction.
因此,当有人评论一个特别霸道的妻子时,就会听到这样的话:你能分辨出谁在那个家wear the trousers!这个表达偶尔还会被听到,但自从女权主义活动获得支持以来就不那么频繁了。
例:
I think it's pretty obvious who wears the pants in that family .
我认为谁在那个家族里说了算是很明显的。
Actually, in our relationship, we both wear the pants we make decisions together.
事实上,在我们的关系中,我们都是一起当家做决定的。
拓展
(
all talk and no trousers
只谈空话,不做实事
)
Meaning: someone who talks about doing big things but doesn’t do anything含义:只是说大话但从来不做事的人
Example: 
I told you Eric is all talk and no trousers. He was bragging that he’ll ask Jenny out and he didn’t even say ‘hi’ to her.我告诉过你埃里克只谈空话,不做实事。他吹嘘说他会约珍妮出来,但他甚至没有跟她打招呼。
(
caught with one’s pants down
做坏事被逮个正着
)
Meaning: to be exposed in an embarrassing situation or when you’re not prepared含义:在尴尬的情况下或你没有准备好的时候被发现曝光
Example: 
I was expecting the meeting to be next week and I was caught with my pants down when the boss asked me about my project.我本来期待着会议在下周进行,但当老板问我关于项目的问题时,我被当场问住了。
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