What does it mean when the wife in the picture says “I wear the brains in the family.”?
I saw this picture on the internet, and I can't really understand the meaning of "I wear the brains in the family" used by the wife in the picture. I know the husband said "I wear the pants in the family' means that he is in charge in the family. So the wife responds to him by saying she wears the brains in the family. Does it mean that she is the head of the family?
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I saw this picture on the internet, and I can't really understand the meaning of "I wear the brains in the family" used by the wife in the picture. I know the husband said "I wear the pants in the family' means that he is in charge in the family. So the wife responds to him by saying she wears the brains in the family. Does it mean that she is the head of the family?
meaning
asked 3 hours ago
Henry WangHenry Wang
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At least, she thinks that to be the case. )))
– Mv Log
3 hours ago
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I saw this picture on the internet, and I can't really understand the meaning of "I wear the brains in the family" used by the wife in the picture. I know the husband said "I wear the pants in the family' means that he is in charge in the family. So the wife responds to him by saying she wears the brains in the family. Does it mean that she is the head of the family?
meaning
asked 3 hours ago
Henry WangHenry Wang
83821022
I saw this picture on the internet, and I can't really understand the meaning of "I wear the brains in the family" used by the wife in the picture. I know the husband said "I wear the pants in the family' means that he is in charge in the family. So the wife responds to him by saying she wears the brains in the family. Does it mean that she is the head of the family?
meaning
meaning
asked 3 hours ago
Henry WangHenry Wang
83821022
asked 3 hours ago
Henry WangHenry Wang
83821022
asked 3 hours ago
Henry WangHenry Wang
83821022
asked 3 hours ago
Henry WangHenry Wang
83821022
asked 3 hours ago
Henry WangHenry Wang
83821022
83821022
At least, she thinks that to be the case. )))
– Mv Log
3 hours ago
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At least, she thinks that to be the case. )))
– Mv Log
3 hours ago
At least, she thinks that to be the case. )))
– Mv Log
3 hours ago
At least, she thinks that to be the case. )))
– Mv Log
3 hours ago
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The image depicts the woman mocking the man by using the form of his idiomatic expression to return fire, claiming that she's the intelligent one in the family in a comedic way. It's not correct usually to say "I wear the brains in this council", for example, but in this specific case, parallelism is used with the first sentence to provide comedic relief.
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BTW that famous British humour is not always so obvious.
– Mv Log
1 hour ago
@MvLog Presumably this isn't British humour, though, since the man says "pants" rather than "trousers".
– Especially Lime
22 mins ago
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The image depicts the woman mocking the man by using the form of his idiomatic expression to return fire, claiming that she's the intelligent one in the family in a comedic way. It's not correct usually to say "I wear the brains in this council", for example, but in this specific case, parallelism is used with the first sentence to provide comedic relief.
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BTW that famous British humour is not always so obvious.
– Mv Log
1 hour ago
@MvLog Presumably this isn't British humour, though, since the man says "pants" rather than "trousers".
– Especially Lime
22 mins ago
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The image depicts the woman mocking the man by using the form of his idiomatic expression to return fire, claiming that she's the intelligent one in the family in a comedic way. It's not correct usually to say "I wear the brains in this council", for example, but in this specific case, parallelism is used with the first sentence to provide comedic relief.
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BTW that famous British humour is not always so obvious.
– Mv Log
1 hour ago
@MvLog Presumably this isn't British humour, though, since the man says "pants" rather than "trousers".
– Especially Lime
22 mins ago
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The image depicts the woman mocking the man by using the form of his idiomatic expression to return fire, claiming that she's the intelligent one in the family in a comedic way. It's not correct usually to say "I wear the brains in this council", for example, but in this specific case, parallelism is used with the first sentence to provide comedic relief.
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The image depicts the woman mocking the man by using the form of his idiomatic expression to return fire, claiming that she's the intelligent one in the family in a comedic way. It's not correct usually to say "I wear the brains in this council", for example, but in this specific case, parallelism is used with the first sentence to provide comedic relief.
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BTW that famous British humour is not always so obvious.
– Mv Log
1 hour ago
@MvLog Presumably this isn't British humour, though, since the man says "pants" rather than "trousers".
– Especially Lime
22 mins ago
add a comment |
BTW that famous British humour is not always so obvious.
– Mv Log
1 hour ago
@MvLog Presumably this isn't British humour, though, since the man says "pants" rather than "trousers".
– Especially Lime
22 mins ago
BTW that famous British humour is not always so obvious.
– Mv Log
1 hour ago
BTW that famous British humour is not always so obvious.
– Mv Log
1 hour ago
@MvLog Presumably this isn't British humour, though, since the man says "pants" rather than "trousers".
– Especially Lime
22 mins ago
@MvLog Presumably this isn't British humour, though, since the man says "pants" rather than "trousers".
– Especially Lime
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At least, she thinks that to be the case. )))
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