put horns on (one)

put horns on (one)

Of a woman, to be sexually unfaithful to her male partner; to cuckold one. Said of a man. (The imagery of horns is traditionally associated with the cuckold.) I never thought my wife would put horns on me, but there's no question that she's been having an affair.
See also: horn, on, put
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • wear the horns
  • wear the bull's feather
  • queer for
  • queer for (one)
  • queer for something
  • show (one's) horns
  • hot
  • all horns and rattles
  • rattle
  • studly