stars in one's eyes, have

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Be dazzled or enraptured, especially with romance; also, be naively idealistic or optimistic. For example, Thinking about their coming marriage, they both had stars in their eyes , or Kit had stars in her eyes when she talked about the millions who would buy her recording . This idiom transfers the shining of stars to eyes shining with love or enthusiasm. [c. 1900]

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