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• Used to describe someone who is idealistically hopeful or enthusiastic about their future.

  ‘a singer selected from hundreds of applicants with stars in their eyes’

  More example sentences

  • ‘And he does not expect all his pupils to have stars in their eyes.’
  • ‘Let me make this clear: I do not have stars in my eyes.’
  • ‘For a brief time, Fish has stars in his eyes but soon realizes it's a kind of bribe.’
  • ‘Cotswold 16-year-olds had stars in their eyes after scooping a hatful of top grades in their GCSE results.’
  • ‘Children had stars in their eyes at a special award ceremony in Farnworth when they were joined by a pop star.’
  • ‘The fair, willowy girl had stars in her eyes when at the age of twenty, she was married to the tall and handsome young man with a four-figure salary.’
  • ‘If she were a cartoon character, she'd have stars in her eyes.’
  • ‘Now Stephen has stars in his eyes because Mem is expecting their first child.’
  • ‘Fred naturally takes the opportunity to romance Lady Alyce, who still has stars in her eyes over his supposed leap.’
  • ‘‘A lot of these kids have stars in their eyes thinking they can live the life of a rock star right away, but you have to pay for everything in the end,’ he says.’