COME UP SMELLING LIKE A ROSE


Meaning of COME UP SMELLING LIKE A ROSE in English

{v. phr.} To escape from a difficult situation or misdeed unscathed or without punishment. * /A is predicted that Congressman Brown, in spite of the current investigation into his financial affairs, will come up smelling like a rose at the end./

Dictionary of English idioms .      Словарь английских идиом.