what does man B mean?

English translation: The pretend boss and the real boss

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English term or phrase:	what does man B mean?
Selected answer:	The pretend boss and the real boss
Entered by:	Phong Le

06:35 Feb 5, 2009

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English term or phrase: what does man B mean?

Man A: I am going to be married this Sunday.

Man B: Show her who wears the pants in the family and then ask her what size she wears.

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The pretend boss and the real boss

Explanation:
"Show her who wears the pants in the family" Tell her you are the boss and stand up to her, show her your the boss.

"and then ask her what size she wears." Then after you are put back in your place, ask her her pants size is, because you will find out you are not the boss and you will have to buy her some pants.

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Note added at 4 hrs (2009-02-05 10:42:04 GMT) Post-grading
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Thanks Phong. I was reading the others and thinking if my ESL students would understand them, I thought there were too many grey areas so I posted this.. Thanks again. (My ESL Students are going for level 9 in their IELTS test.)

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Note added at 4 hrs (2009-02-05 11:33:20 GMT) Post-grading
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There is no that side in this saying.... Sorry
You would have to say "Get her into bed and show her who wears the pants" who is the; best /boss / in-charge / better than Fabio :-)

Selected response from:

Gary D
Local time: 09:50

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I like this tough explanation. Thanks All
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED

4 +4

she's the boss no matter what

ohemulen

The pretend boss and the real boss

Gary D

See explanation below

Yasutomo Kanazawa

Answers

9 mins confidence:

what does man b mean? See explanation below

Explanation:
I think it means:

Show her who the real boss (who gives the shots) in the family is, and also ask her size so that if she wears a larger size than the man, it would be the woman who would be the boss of the family. It's usually the man's pants that are larger in size than the woman's.

Yasutomo Kanazawa
Japan
Local time: 08:50
Native speaker of:

Japanese

14 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

what does man b mean? she's the boss no matter what

Explanation:
The first part is standard: the one who wears the pants is boss. But, as she is the boss anyway, just make it simple for yourself and ask her what size she wears.

ohemulen
France
Local time: 01:50
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Swedish,