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Meaning: (idiomatic,colloquial,simile)To be regarded asappealing,virtuous, orrespectable; to beuntaintedorunharmed.come outsmelling like a rose1953November 22, “Prison is quiet after hearing”, inSpokesman-Review, Spokane, USA, retrieved4 August 2009, page22:"I don't suppose anyone from the director down will come out of this dealsmelling like a rose," the warden commented, "but our only hope is that some good will result from the hearing."1990, Marilyn Cannaday,Bigger than Life: The Creator of Doc Savage,→ISBN,page28:But compared to others, Dent came out of the Depression "smelling like a rose." He later boasted that he made $18,000 a year with his writing during the Depression.2002June 24, Christopher Palmeri, “Can CalPERS Afford to Throw Stones?”, inBusinessWeek, retrieved 4 Aug. 2009:The champion of corporate governance shouldsmell like a rose. Instead, there's an unpleasant whiff of pork-barrel politics rising from the board.
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