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written in the stars en · ADJ

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic, not-comparable) Destined to happen, fated to happen.
    • In the end it felt as if it was written in the stars. Every 12 years South Africa have an unerring habit of winning World Cups and they have done so again, following up their triumphs of 1995 and 2007 with another prodigious display of power and might. 2019 November 2, Robert Kitson, “Rugby World Cup: South Africa surge to glory as England fall short”, in The Observer:
    • 1948, Tony Martin (performer), Leo Robin (composer), It Was Written in the Stars It was written in the stars That our love would be born It was written in the stars We'd meet early one morn

Translations (3)

fr prédestiné (destined to happen) · pl zapisany w gwiazdach (destined to happen) · fi tähtiin kirjoitettu (destined to happen)