stardust (redirected from have stardust in (one's) eyes)

star·dust  (stärdst)

n.

1. A dreamlike, romantic, or uncritical sense of well-being.

2. A cluster of stars too distant to be seen individually, resembling a dimly luminous cloud of dust. Not in scientific use.

3. Minute particles of matter that fall to Earth from the stars. Not in scientific use.

Idiom:

have stardust in (one's) eyes

To be uncritically or unrealistically optimistic.

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stardust [ˈstɑːˌdʌst]

n

1. (Astronomy) dusty material found between the stars

2. a large number of distant stars appearing to the observer as a cloud of dust

3. a dreamy romantic or sentimental quality or feeling

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

stardust - a dreamy romantic or sentimental quality romance, romanticism - an exciting and mysterious quality (as of a heroic time or adventure)

Translations

stardust [ˈstɑːdʌst] N (fig) → encanto m, embeleso m

stardust

n

(Astron) → Sternnebel m

(= naïvely romantic quality) there was stardust in her eyes → in ihrem Blick lag etwas Naiv-Romantisches

(= charisma) → Ausstrahlung f → eines Stars