hitch one's wagon to a star

Aim high, as in Bill's hitching his wagon to a star-he plans to be a partner by age thirty. This metaphoric expression was invented by essayist Ralph Waldo Emerson in 1870.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Gillian	JIL-ee-ən, GIL-ee-ən	English
Parnel	-	English (Archaic)
Arnaldo	-	Italian
Kishor	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Nepali
ChantÉ	-	English (Modern)
Anaxagoras	-	Ancient Greek