Phrase Hound found 27 phrases and 6 compound words that contain trousers. The most common are listed below. Open trousers in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 27
- wear the trousersTypically of a woman, to be the dominant partner in a relationship.
- short trousersTrousers reaching as far as the knee, typically worn by young boys.
- drainpipe trousersSynonym of skinny jeans: A style of form-fitting jeans with very narrow, straight legs, which often taper inward at the ankles.
- sweat trousersSynonym of sweatpants: Informal cotton trousers, with an elasticated or drawstring waist, used for exercise etc.
- cargo trousersSynonym of cargo pants: Pants (trousers) designed for outdoor activities, having many pockets.
- combat trousersCargo pants.
- long trouserstrousers as opposed to shorts
- all mouth and trousersSuperficial, engaging in empty, boastful talk, but not of real substance.
- bell-bottom trousersTrousers with a wide flair towards the bottom of the legs, permitting them to be rolled-up above the knee; traditionally worn by sailors.
- pair of trouserstrousers
- spongebag trousersSynonym of spongebags: Formal trousers.
- in short trousersIn childhood; as a child; when quite young (including nonliterally, e.g., as a young adult).
- saggy trousersa style of casual jeans or trousers which have the waistband well below the waistband of the underwear shorts, leaving the top part of these exposed.
- pairs of trousersplural of pair of trousers: trousers
- wearing the trouserspresent participle and gerund of wear the trousers
- worn the trouserspast participle of wear the trousers: Typically of a woman, to be the dominant partner in a relationship.
- peg-top trousersTrousers that are wide and baggy at the top and taper down the legs to a close-fitting hem at the ankle.
- wore the trouserssimple past of wear the trousers
- wears the trousersthird-person singular simple present indicative of wear the trousers: Typically of a woman, to be the dominant partner in a relationship.
- harem trousersharem pants
- all talk and trousersSynonym of all talk and no action: Speaking, promising, or boasting much, but doing little; overpromising, but underdelivering.
- bell-bottomed trousersbell-bottom trousers
- stovepipe trousersSynonym of skinny jeans: A style of form-fitting jeans with very narrow, straight legs, which often taper inward at the ankles.
- all mouth and no trousersAlternative form of all mouth and trousers: Superficial, engaging in empty, boastful talk, but not of real substance.
- Dutchman's trousersSynonym of Dutchman's breeches (sense relating to blue sky)
Compound words 6
- undertrousersUnderpants with long legs.
- overtrousersTrousers to be worn over a similar inner garment.
- troonsTrousers (pants).
- trouserlikeResembling or characteristic of trousers.
- treggingsA form of trousers having the characteristics of jeans and leggings.
- trouserslessWithout trousers.