come up smelling of roses

/K AH1 M AH0 P S M EH0 L IH0 NG AH0 V R OW0 Z IH0 Z/
verb
  1. 1

    Alternative form of smell like a rose. [(idiomatic, colloquial, simile) To be regarded as appealing, virtuous, or respectable; to be untainted or unharmed.]

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