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His forehead hurt, but not very much, and he lay there swinging with the long motion of the ship, watching the grey light grow and musing upon cuckoldry, cuckoldom, and the almost universal mirth excited by that state.
Le dolía la cabeza, pero no mucho, y permaneció acostado en su coy, que se mecía al ritmo del balanceo del barco, pensando en los cornudos y en la costumbre casi universal de hacer burla de ellos.
It was worse than cuckoldry, because his rival was no rival at all.
Era peor que llevar cuernos, porque su rival no era ningún rival.
It says, ‘Who gave Moses the horns?’ Horns, as early as Artemidorus, are used to suggest cuckoldry.
– La verdad es que literalmente dice: «¿Quién le dio cuernos a Moisés?». Los cuernos, desde Artemidorus, se emplean para sugerir la infidelidad.
“You want to blot out the horns of cuckoldry or that mole of adultery to fade from your skin?”
– ¿Quiere borrar los cuernos de la conciencia y quiere que se le caiga el lunar del adulterio?
You’re wearing horns like a bull and you’re celebrating your cuckoldry, she did it on you, the fucking whore, she did it on you well and truly.
Llevas unos cuernos como los de un toro y encima lo celebras, te la ha metido, la mala puta, y bien metida.
He did not pause to wonder whether Balfour could be risking his own reputation, by associating himself with a story of cuckoldry, blackmail, murder, and revenge, and nor did he spare a thought for how Balfour might be recompensed.
No se detuvo a preguntarse si Balfour podría estar poniendo en entredicho su propia reputación al asociarse con una historia de cuernos, chantajes, asesinatos y venganzas, y tampoco se detuvo a pensar en cómo podría recompensarlo.
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