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smelling like a rose

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(come up) smelling like a rose

also (come out) smelling like a rose

to end something positively or as a winner Everyone thought he was guilty, but Smith still came up smelling like a rose. Hahn made a terrible play in the first half, but he was smelling like a rose by the finish.

See also: like, rose, smell