ペチコートガバメント

noun

petticoat government

A dated term for a situation where a woman (especially a wife) dominates or controls a man or household; often used humorously or critically. In modern Japanese, it may appear in discussions of historical or literary contexts.

• 彼かれの家いえは完かん全ぜんなペチコートガバメントだ。

  His household is a complete petticoat government.

• 19世せい紀きの風ふう刺し画がにはペチコートガバメントを揶や揄ゆするものが多おおい。

  Many 19th-century caricatures mock petticoat government.