The answers to the clues below will have something in common.

1. Very tight or full

2. Baby's first outfit 

3. Keep quiet, don't talk

4. Member of the clergy 

5. Metaphor for willingness to help

6. Avoid discussing a sensitive topic

7. In an extremely dangerous situation or condition

8. Rude, wrong, and outdated assertion of control by Dad

 

Answers:

 

1. Bursting at the seams

2. Birthday suit

3. Button your lip

4. Man of the cloth

5. Shirt off your back

6. Skirt the issue

7. Hanging by a thread

8. "I wear the pants in this family." 

All answers contain a clothing-associated word.