| 单词 | to come out smelling of roses |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto come out smelling of roses P4. to come out smelling of roses and variants: to emerge from a discreditable situation with an (apparently) unblemished record. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > escape > [verb (intransitive)] > escape unscathed escapec1330 to get off1640 to come out smelling of roses1960 1960 Western Folklore 19 257 So lucky he could fall in a sewer (s——house) and come out smelling like roses. 1965 Jet 18 Feb. 17 Out of all the unpleasant accusations,..Jones has been the one to emerge creditably. He came up smelling of roses. 1976 J. Porter Dover & Claret Tappers xii. 146 I intend to emerge from this business smelling of roses. If, to achieve this, I have to wash my hands in your blood, that's perfectly OK by me. 1992 S. R. Graubard Mr. Bush's War 122 The President was going to have his war, would win it easily, and would emerge smelling of roses. < as lemmas |
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