come out smelling like a rose
Idiomatic translations of "come out smelling like a ..."
Esperanto
Eskapi kun sengrata haŭto
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German
auf die Füße wie die Katze fallen
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Meanings of "come out smelling like a ..."
English
to avoid blame that one deserves; to seem innocent
Example: Everyone in the government is accusing everyone else of wrongdoing and corruption. No one is going to come out of this affair smelling like a rose.