Tout for (sth) (phrasal verb)
●To solicit or attempt to obtain something, as through entreaty or persuasion.(兜售,招徕)
Examples:
1.The president has been campaigning across the country touting for the healthcare legislation he is trying to get passed.
2.We could hear the street vendors touting for business.
Has-been (noun)
●If you describe someone as a has-been, you are indicating in an unkind way that they were important or respected in the past, but they are not now.
(过气的人物)
Examples:
1.They called him a washed-up old has-been.
2.She is a has-been pop star.
In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king (proverb)
●A person who is not particularly capable can attain a powerful position if the people around him or her are even less capable. (在盲人国度,独眼人称王;蜀中无大将,廖化作先锋)
Example:
1.Tom: How on earth did Joe get promoted to be head of his department?
2.He's such a blunderer! Jane: In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
Be well versed in (sth) (idiom)
●To be very knowledgeable about, skillful in, or competent at something.(精通…,对…有造诣)
Examples:
1.Of course, not everyone is well versed in moral philosophy.
2.John is well versed in lying, so he's always able to talk his way out of trouble.
Come to the fore (idiom)
●To become prominent; to become important.
(脱颖而出,异军突起)
Examples:
1.The question of salary has now come to the fore.
2.Since his great successes as a prosecutor, he has really come to the fore in city politics.