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.
See also:
  • 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