Significado: binary stars

Estrellas binarias (dos estrellas que no se puede distinguir entre ellas con ojo inexperto)

thank lucky stars Idioma

see stars

imagine one is seeing stars as a result of being hit on the head When I was hit by the opposing football player I fell to the ground and began to see stars.

stars in one

an appearance or feeling of very great happiness She had stars in her eyes when she saw the beautiful ring that her boyfriend had bought for her.

thank your lucky stars

(See you can thank your lucky stars)

you can thank your lucky stars

you were lucky, be thankful you are safe He can thank his lucky stars that a doctor was there. He nearly died.

thank one's lucky stars

Idiom(s): thank one's lucky stars

Theme: GRATITUDE

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.

get stars in one's eyes

Idiom(s): get stars in one's eyes

Theme: CONFUSION

to be obsessed with show business; to be stagestruck.
• Many young people get stars in their eyes at this age.
• Ann has stars in her eyes. She wants to go to Hollywood.

Stars and stripes

The stars and stripes is the American flag.

Stars in your eyes

Someone who dreams of being famous has stars in their eyes.

stars in one's eyes|eye|eyes|star|stars

n. phr. 1. An appearance or feeling of very great happiness or expectation of happiness. Mary gets stars in her eyes when she thinks of her boyfriend. 2. A belief in the possibility of quick and lasting reforms in people and life and an eagerness to make such changes. Some inexperienced people get stars in their eyes when they think of improving the world. -

thank one's lucky stars|lucky|lucky star|lucky sta

v. phr., informal To be thankful for good luck; think oneself lucky. You can thank your lucky stars you didn't fall in the hole.

thank (one's) advantageous stars

To accurate acknowledgment for a benign occurrence. You should acknowledge your advantageous stars that you managed to abstain that agitated car accident. We acknowledge our advantageous stars that we were able to get a home in this adjacency at such a reasonable price.Learn more: lucky, star, thank

thank one's advantageous stars

Fig. to be beholden for one's luck. You can acknowledge your advantageous stars that I was there to advice you. I acknowledge my advantageous stars that I advised the appropriate things for the test.Learn more: lucky, star, thank

thank one's advantageous stars, to

To be beholden for acceptable fortune. In age-old and medieval times, the stars were believed to accept a able access over the lives and destinies of animal beings. Thanking them for acceptable fortune, therefore, was a bit of awesome politeness. Ben Jonson acclimated the appellation “I acknowledge my Starres for it” in his play, Every Man Out of His Humour (1599). The avant-garde alternative came into use during the aftermost aeon and is added an announcement of accepted abatement at arising safe from some bind than of acceptance in angelic influence.Learn more: lucky, thank

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