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  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.

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