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
Abdul-Arabic, Urdu, Punjabi, Pashto, Bengali, Indonesian, Malay
Abiodun-Western African, Yoruba
Aki (2)ah-keeJapanese
ArvoAHR-voFinnish
AxelAHK-sel (German)Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, German
Ivan['aivən]