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smelling like a rose

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(come up) 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

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smart-alec/-aleck
smart-arse
smarty pants
smell
smell a rat
smell fishy
smell/stink to high heaven

smelling like a rose
smile
smoke
smoke and mirrors
smoke out
smoke signals
smoke-and-mirrors
smoking gun

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