solicit help from potential backers high and low
Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Zu à nd à NGM à f é ng, which means to compare to trying every means to find opportunities. It's from midnight 11 by Mao Dun.
The origin of Idioms
Mao Dun's midnight 11: "the one who does public debt is not there to find out Lao Zhao's tactics!" Another 16: "in a moment, his heart, which seemed to be frozen, was again and again vigorous. He was able to come up with ideas and find his way through holes."
Analysis of Idioms
Looking for a crack in the sky
Idiom usage
Used as a predicate, attribute, or object; used in figurative sentences
solicit help from potential backers high and low
a learning both sound in theory and practice - nèi shèng wài zhǔ
Criticizing the red and judging the white - pī hóng pàn bái
go to and fro in constant streams - luò yì bù jué