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
Ya'rah	-	Biblical Hebrew
Oenone	-	Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Larisa	lah-REE-sah (Russian)	Russian, Ukrainian, Romanian, Latvian, Greek Mythology
Kartik	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi
Jared	['dʒærid]
Aiko	ah-ee-ko	Japanese