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
Phuntsok-Tibetan
SjaakSHAH:KDutch
SemSEM (Dutch)Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek, Dutch
Shad (1)-Arabic
Baldwin['bɔ:ldwin]
Mirandamə-RAN-də (English)English, Dutch