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be a [athlete/star/writer etc.] in the making

if someone is an athlete, star, writer, etc. in the making, they are likely to develop into that thing. This young swimmer is an athlete in the making.

See also: making, writer

hitch your wagon to someone/something

to try to become successful by becoming involved with someone or something that is already successful or has a good chance of becoming successful. He wisely decided to hitch his wagon to the environmentalist movement, which was then gaining support throughout the country. She hitched her wagon to a rising young star on the music scene.

See also: wagon

It's written in the stars.

something that you say which means something good was was caused by the power that is believed to control what happens to people's lives. It was written in the stars that we should meet and fall in love.

See also: it's, written

reach for the moon/stars

to try to achieve something that is very difficult. If you want success, you have to reach for the moon.

See also: moon, reach

stars in your eyes

someone who has stars in their eyes is very excited and hopeful about the future and imagines they are going to be very successful and famous. She was a girl with stars in her eyes and dreams of becoming famous.

See also: eye

thank your lucky stars

to feel lucky or grateful that you have avoided an unpleasant situation. I'm just thanking my lucky stars that I wasn't there when she was looking for someone to give the talk. And you can thank your lucky stars (= you should be grateful to me) that I didn't tell him when he asked.

See also: lucky, thank

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see stars

to seem to see bright flashes of light in front of your eyes. Corky hit his head hard enough to see stars.

See also: see

thank your lucky stars

to be grateful for having good luck. I thanked my lucky stars that no one took my bag when I stupidly left it on a park bench.

See also: lucky, thank

written in the stars

intended to be. Do you really believe our fates are written in the stars and will happen no matter what we do?

See also: written