hitch one's wagon to a star, to

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.

hitch one's wagon to a star, to

To aim high. This metaphor was coined by Ralph Waldo Emerson, who in 1870 wrote, “Hitch your wagon to a star. Let us not fag in paltry works which serve our pot and bag alone” (Society and Solitude: Civilization). Ogden Nash played on this cliché in his poem “Kindly Unhitch That Star” (1940).

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释义	hitch one's wagon to a star, to 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. See also: hitch, star, wagon The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. hitch one's wagon to a star, to To aim high. This metaphor was coined by Ralph Waldo Emerson, who in 1870 wrote, “Hitch your wagon to a star. Let us not fag in paltry works which serve our pot and bag alone” (Society and Solitude: Civilization). Ogden Nash played on this cliché in his poem “Kindly Unhitch That Star” (1940). See also: hitch, wagon The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer See also: hitch (one's) wagon to (someone or something) hitch your wagon to someone/something a bowl of cherries bowl of cherries feast one's eyes on, to on the wagon, to be be on the wagon be/go on the wagon draggin draggin' wagon
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