come up of something smelling of roses

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

come up/out of sth smelling of ˈroses idiom
(informal)to still have a good reputation, even though you have been involved in sth that might have given people a bad opinion of you
•Nobody ever knew the details and he came out of the deal smelling of roses.
Main entry: ↑smell_idiom