come up smelling like a rose

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come up smelling like a rose and come up smelling like roses

Fig. to end up looking good or respectable after being involved in some difficult or notorious affair. I was surprised that my congressional representative came up smelling like a rose after his colleagues investigated him.

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HORSESHOE IN THE WAH-ZOO Kris is a detention center inmate who is lucky to land a job at a high-end horse ranch upon her release, pulls a stupid stunt right out the gate but manages to come up smelling like a rose. Genevieve Cortese by White, Kelly / Girls' Life To come up smelling like a rose, however, LanChile will have to maneuver deftly with its new "small is beautiful" cargo strategy to avoid entering into a dogfight with the world's top express package companies. Gold in the Hold? by FRANKLIN, JONATHAN / Latin Trade More results

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HORSESHOE IN THE WAH-ZOO Kris is a detention center inmate who is lucky to land a job at a high-end horse ranch upon her release, pulls a stupid stunt right out the gate but manages to come up smelling like a rose.

Genevieve Cortese by White, Kelly / Girls' Life

To come up smelling like a rose, however, LanChile will have to maneuver deftly with its new "small is beautiful" cargo strategy to avoid entering into a dogfight with the world's top express package companies.

Gold in the Hold? by FRANKLIN, JONATHAN / Latin Trade

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