wear the horns
wear the horns
To have an adulterous wife; to be cuckolded. The cuckold is traditionally associated with horns. I never thought I would wear the horns, but it's true—my wife cheated on me.
See also: horn, wear
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- wear the bull's feather
- put horns on (one)
- show (one's) horns
- rattle
- all horns and rattles
- draw in (one's) horns
- draw in horns and pull in horns
- draw in your horns
- draw/pull in your horns
- grab the bull by the horns