come up smelling of roses

I think there's something great about "coming up smelling of roses".

Nor did the Commission come up smelling of roses here.

I don't know why we drink so much and come up smelling of roses.

Not only will none stick he will still come up smelling of roses.

But don't worry, your character will avenge her death and come up smelling of roses.'

"And by helping us, you'll have a foot in both camps and come up smelling of roses whoever wins."

With regard to the implementation and evaluation of this programme, the Commission has not exactly come up smelling of roses.

No matter how much Norse manure you splatter on to them, they've a habit of coming up smelling of roses.

He even manages to endanger Royal security repeatedly and on a colossal scale, yet somehow comes up smelling of roses every time.

The "good' bad characters always came up smelling of roses, while the 'bad' bad characters got their just deserts.

Whatever crises and scandals swirled around the evil B'Stard, he would always come up smelling of roses.

To be fair, how many of us would come up smelling of roses if a selection of our most ill-advised emails were published on the internet?

Tor it is written,' said Dan, quoting scripture, 'that even should he put his hand down a toilet, it will come up smelling of roses.'

That's capitalism in action for you - the execs will come up smelling of roses and move on and the little people will be shat on.

A perfume organ allows you to experiment with your perfect eau, and if you don't come up smelling of roses, they'll happily exchange your fragrance.

I've played it fast and loose before, and on the rare occasions when I've disobeyed orders (in the Rhineland during the First Crusade, in a little whorehouse in the backstreets of Byzantium, and on a cargo ship bearing perfumes from Punt) I have come up smelling of roses.