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
Xeno-Ancient Greek
Sweeney-Irish, Scottish
Szandra-Hungarian
Eleri-Welsh
Kuzman-Bulgarian, Serbian, Macedonian
JezzaJEZ-əEnglish (British)