written in the stars

English

Adjective

written in the stars (not comparable)

1. (idiomatic) Destined to happen, fated to happen.
   • 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

   • 2019 November 2, Robert Kitson, “Rugby World Cup: South Africa surge to glory as England fall short”, in The Observer‎^[1]:

     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.

Translations

destined to happen

• Finnish: tähtiin kirjoitettu
• French: prédestiné (fr)
• Polish: zapisany w gwiazdach