There was a major fraud investigation, but Smith still came out smelling of roses.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
come out smelling of roses — ► come up (or out) smelling of roses emerge from a difficult situation with reputation intact. Main Entry: ↑rose … English terms dictionary
come up smelling of roses — come out/up smelling of roses British & Australian, 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… … New idioms dictionary
come up smelling of roses — phrase to come out of a difficult situation with your reputation better than it was before, especially when you do not deserve to Thesaurus: to successfully deal with a problem or difficultysynonym Main entry: rose … Useful english dictionary
come up smelling of roses — ► come up (or out) smelling of roses emerge from a difficult situation with reputation intact. Main Entry: ↑rose … English terms dictionary
come up (or out) smelling of roses — emerge from a difficult situation with reputation intact. → rose … English new terms dictionary
come up smelling of roses — to come out of a difficult situation with your reputation better than it was before, especially when you do not deserve to … English dictionary
come out/up smelling like a rose — (or come out/up smelling like/of roses) informal : to have success or good fortune in a situation in which you were likely to fail, be harmed, etc. The scandal forced several board members to resign, but the chairman came out smelling like a rose … Useful english dictionary
come out of something smelling of roses — come up/out of sth smelling of ˈroses idiom (informal) to still have a good reputation, even though you have been involved in sth that might have given people a bad opinion of you • Nobody ever knew the details and he came out of the deal… … Useful english dictionary
come up of something smelling of roses — come up/out of sth smelling of ˈroses idiom (informal) to still have a good reputation, even though you have been involved in sth that might have given people a bad opinion of you • Nobody ever knew the details and he came out of the deal… … Useful english dictionary
tits up — adjective a) lying down, face up. The vast majority go tits up in the first year. Basic economics, even if the people have some training and education in retail. b) completely failed so as to become inactive. But believe me, sunshine, if this… … Wiktionary
