Who wears the pants in the relationship?

Malay translation: Siapa ketua dalam hubungan ini?

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English term or phrase:Who wears the pants in the relationship?
Malay translation:Siapa ketua dalam hubungan ini?
Entered by: Ramona Ali

02:16 Feb 15, 2005
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English term or phrase: Who wears the pants in the relationship?
What does it mean?
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siapa ketua dalam hubungan ini?
Explanation:
It means 'who is the "boss" in the relationship' - assuming the man is usually the boss, but sometimes it's the woman who is dominant, and therefore she plays the role of the "man", and figuratively wears the pants.
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Ramona Ali
Local time: 13:01
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4 +1siapa ketua dalam hubungan ini?
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who wears the pants in the relationship?
siapa ketua dalam hubungan ini?


Explanation:
It means 'who is the "boss" in the relationship' - assuming the man is usually the boss, but sometimes it's the woman who is dominant, and therefore she plays the role of the "man", and figuratively wears the pants.

Ramona Ali
Local time: 13:01
Native speaker of: Native in MalayMalay
PRO pts in category: 47

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  yam2u: i tend to think of it as "siapa yang membuat keputusan..."
4 hrs
  -> yup i think that would've been closer
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