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
JenŐ	-	Hungarian
Babur	['ba:bʊə]
Kazia	KAH-zhah	Polish
Stanton	['sta:ntən]
Uschi	-	German
Pallavi	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Telugu, Tamil