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
Prudencia	proo-DHEN-thya (Spanish), proo-DHEN-sya (Latin American Spanish)	Spanish
Jen	[dʒen]
Rigel	-	Astronomy
Andreia	-	Portuguese
Nasir	-	Arabic
Marte	-	Norwegian