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

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Zakchaios-Biblical Greek
Pal-Albanian
Manjula-Indian, Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam
Timothei-Old Church Slavic
Honoria-Late Roman
Olav-Norwegian, Danish