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

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Annot['ænɔt]
Eloisa
Somayeh-Persian
TaunoTOW-noFinnish
ReettaRE:T-tahFinnish
Zyanya-Native American, Zapotec