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
Katarinakah-tah-REE-nah (German, Swedish)German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Hungarian, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene
SofÍAso-FEE-ahSpanish
RoxieRAHK-seeEnglish
Escobar[es'kɔvɔr]
PatsyPAT-seeEnglish, Irish
MaunoMOW-noFinnish