wear the bull's feather
wear the bull's feather
To have an adulterous wife; to be cuckolded. The cuckold is traditionally associated with horns, and a "bull's feather" was once a term for a horn. I never thought I would wear the bull's feather, but it's true—my wife cheated on me.
See also: feather, wear
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- wear the horns
- put horns on (one)
- horn in
- fur and feather
- show (one's) horns
- feather brain
- all horns and rattles
- rattle
- horned
- get out of (one's) way