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Phrase(s): 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!
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs