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
A&Eth;AlbjÖRg	-	Icelandic, Ancient Scandinavian
Pyrrhus	PIR-əs (English)	Greek Mythology (Latinized), Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Alger	AL-jər	English
Mcnamara	['mæknə.mærə]
SÜMeyye	-	Turkish
Rati	-	Hinduism, Indian, Hindi