come out smelling like a rose

Fig. to succeed; to do better than anyone else in some situation. Everyone else in the firm lost money in the real estate deal, but Bob came out smelling like a rose. If I can just finish my research paper on time, I'll come out smelling like a rose by the end of the school year.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Duha	-	Arabic
Rocco	ROK-ko (Italian)	Italian, Ancient Germanic
Milford	MIL-fərd	English
Agathe	a-GAHT (French), ah-GAH-tə (German), ah-gah-te (Ancient Greek)	French, German, Norwegian, Danish, Greek, Ancient Greek
Miltiades	-	Ancient Greek
Sjeng	SHENG	Limburgish