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Smelling Rose Loop Avoid Blame Deserves Innocent Larry

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Idiom COME OUT SMELLING LIKE A ROSE
Definition to avoid blame that one deserves; to seem innocent
Examples
  1. Larry should have gotten into trouble for what he did, but he was lucky and came out smelling like a rose.
  2. 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.

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