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.
- 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