raise sights

raise one's sights

Fig. to set higher goals for oneself. (Alludes to someone lifting the sights of a gun in order to fire farther.) When you're young, you tend to raise your sights too high. On the other hand, some people need to raise their sights.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Bogdan	BAWG-dahn (Polish), BOG-dahn (Serbian, Croatian), bog-DAHN (Romanian)	Polish, Russian, Slovene, Bulgarian, Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian, Romanian, Medieval Slavic
Hrodpreht	-	Ancient Germanic
Domnall	-	Scottish, Irish
Sperantia	-	Late Roman
BradÁN	-	Ancient Irish
Zuleika	zoo-LAY-kə (English)	Literature