The businessman was suspected of dealing illegally in weapons and was given a security check, but he came out of it smelling of roses.
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Smelling of Roses — was a BBC Radio 4 comedy series starring Prunella Scales and written by Simon Brett. There were four series, each of six episodes, broadcast from 2000 to 2003. Scales stars as Rosie Burns, manager of her own event management business in Brighton … Wikipedia
smelling of roses — see under ↑rose1 • • • Main Entry: ↑smell … Useful english dictionary
come out 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 — 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 — (UK) If someone comes up smelling of roses, they emerge from a situation with their reputation undamaged … The small dictionary of idiomes
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
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 smelling of roses — (UK) If someone comes up smelling of roses, they emerge from a situation with their reputation undamaged. (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
come up (or out) smelling of roses — emerge from a difficult situation with reputation intact. → rose … English new terms dictionary
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 up (or out) smelling of roses emerge from a difficult situation with reputation intact. Main Entry: ↑rose … English terms dictionary
