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
Hagen (1)	HAH-gen	German, Germanic Mythology
&Aelig;&Eth;Elind	-	Anglo-Saxon
Eukene	-	Basque
Willis	['wilis]
Sung-Hoon	sung-hoon	Korean
Catherina	kath-ə-REE-nə, kə-THREE-nə	English (Rare)