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
Mateja (1)	-	Slovene, Croatian
Liselotte	LEE-ze-law-tə (German)	Danish, Swedish, Dutch, German
Caramia	-	Various
Aaminah	-	Arabic
Kasper	KAHS-per (Polish, Swedish), KAHS-pər (Dutch)	Polish, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
LaurenȚIu	low-REN-tsyoo	Romanian