come out smelling of roses



come out/up smelling of roses

  (British & Australian) also come out/up smelling like roses (American)
if you come out smelling of roses, people believe you are good and honest after a difficult situation which could have made you seem bad or dishonest There was a major fraud investigation, but Smith still came out smelling of roses.
See also: come, of, out, rose, smell

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Motke-Yiddish
Rumena-Bulgarian, Macedonian
Maui-Hawaiian, Polynesian Mythology
Proteus-Greek Mythology
MaŁGorzatamahw-gaw-ZHAH-tahPolish
EsterES-ter (Finnish)Spanish, Portuguese, Czech, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Finnish