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see stars	To experience apparent flashing lights in one's field of vision, especially after receiving a blow to the head.	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
stars in one's eyes	The state of being overly or extremely impressed with something; enchanted with romance.	Rate it: (5.00 / 2 votes)
thank one's lucky stars	To be grateful, feel oneself fortunate	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
spread your wings and soar beyond the stars	This is freedom from your problems by using your skills you've obtained to be successful in life. Learn from your mistakes and use your skills to your advantage. Always have courage and be fearless.	Rate it: (4.67 / 3 votes)
reach for the stars	To have high hopes, to be ambitious.	Rate it: (3.00 / 1 vote)
stars are aligned	Present conditions are favorable; future prospects are good.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
all hands on deck!	Nautical call for all ships crew to come topside and man their usual station. Work challenge or approaching gale threatens safety of crew and vessel.	Rate it: (4.33 / 3 votes)
born with a silver spoon in one's mouth	Note. The original nautical expression is just born with a silver spoon and describes those young gentlemen who were able to enter the Royal Navy without examination and whose promotion was assured. the converse was born with a wooden ladle.	Rate it: (4.33 / 3 votes)
motus stellarum constantes et rati	the regular courses of the stars.	Rate it: (4.00 / 2 votes)
stellae inerrantes (N. D. 2. 21. 54)	the fixed stars.	Rate it: (1.00 / 1 vote)
hitch your wagon to a star!	Myriad individuals attach mysterious, magical, mythical powers and emotional magnetism to heavenly bodies, stars, planets, suns and moons.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
lower the boom	An expression probably originating in a nautical setting, where misdemeanors and mischief results in punishment.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
main sequence	A major grouping of stars that creates a narrow band from the upper left to the lower right when plotted by luminosity and surface temperature on a Hertzsprung-Russell diagram.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
sidera certis locis infixa	the fixed stars.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
voir des chandelles (or, mille chandelles)	“To see stars.”	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
voir des étoiles (la lune) en plein midi	To receive a violent blow in the eye, so as to “see stars.”	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)