wear the trousers vs call the shots

wear the trousers and call the shots both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
wear the trousers	No	No	Yes	No
call the shots	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, wear the trousers and call the shots are synonyms defined as:

wear the trousers and call the shots: exercise authority or be in charge

Other synonyms of wear the trousers include call the tune.

wear the trousers (verb)	call the shots (verb)
exercise authority or be in charge	exercise authority or be in charge