star (redirected from starring)

*stars in one's eyes

Fig. an obsession with celebrities, movies, and the theater. (Alludes to movie stars. *Typically: get ~; have ~; give one ~.) Many young people have stars in their eyes at this age. Anne has stars in her eyes. she wants to go to Hollywood.

See also: eye

Aim for the stars! and Reach for the stars!

Aspire to something!; Set one's goals high! Aim for the stars, son! Don't settle for second best. Set your sights high. Reach for the stars!

See also: aim

Bless one's lucky star, and Bless one's stars.

Prov. Be thankful for a lucky thing that happened. (Also Bless my Stars!, a mild interjection of surprise.) I bless my lucky star that I met you, dear. I was in a car crash yesterday, and I bless my stars that no one was hurt. Alan: Look, honey! I gave the house a thorough cleaning while you were away. Jane: Bless my stars!

See also: bless, lucky

Hitch your wagon to a star.

Prov. Always aspire to do great things.; Do not set pessimistic goals. (From Ralph Waldo Emerson's essay, "Civilization.") The speaker who delivered the high school commencement address challenged the graduating students to hitch their wagons to a star. Bob: What do you want to be when you grow up? Child: I used to want to be a great actor, but my dad told me hardly anybody gets to be an actor, so now I have to pick something else. Bob: Nonsense. If you want to be an actor, then do your best to be an actor. Hitch your wagon to a star!

See also: hitch, wagon

see stars

Fig. to seem to see flashing lights after receiving a blow to the head. I saw stars when I bumped my head on the attic ceiling. The little boy saw stars when he fell headfirst onto the concrete.

See also: see

star as someone or something

[for someone] to be a featured performer, representing a particular person, or play in a particular role. Judy starred as Evita in the broadway production of the same name. Mary starred as an aging countess.

star in something

to be a featured actor in a play, movie, opera, etc. Roger starred in an off-Broadway play last season. Mary always wanted to star in her own movie, but it was not to be.

star-crossed lovers

ill-fated lovers. I suppose that Romeo and Juilet are star-crossed lovers.

thank one's lucky stars

Fig. to be thankful for one's luck. You can thank your lucky stars that I was there to help you. I thank my lucky stars that I studied the right things for the test.

See also: lucky, thank

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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

hitch your wagon to somebody/something   also hitch your wagon to a star

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: hitch, 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: 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 come to a crossroads

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 reach for the moon

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