come up/out smelling of roses idiom UK (US come up/out smelling like roses)
虽卷入…仍保持名誉;证明清白
to have people believe that you are good and honest after a difficult situation that could have made you seem bad or dishonest
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。