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come up/out smelling of roses
idiom UK(UScome up/out smelling like roses)
to have people believe that you are good and honest after a difficult situation that could have made you seem bad or dishonest: 虽卷入…仍保持名誉;证明清白
When the results of the fraud investigation were announced last week, the staff came up smelling of roses.上星期公布的诈骗案调查结果证明员工们是清白的。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Innocent
acquit
acquit someone of something
acquittal
be above/beyond reproachidiom
be in the clearidiom
clear of something
cleared
culpability
culpably
exculpate
guiltless
guiltlessly
inculpable
innocence
innocency
reproach
self-exculpation
sinless
sinlessly
squeaky-clean
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