come up roses

come up roses
Come up roses
If things come up roses, they produce a positive result, especially when things seemed to be going badly at first.

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  • come up roses —    If things come up roses, they produce a positive result, especially when things seemed to be going badly at first.   (Dorking School Dictionary)    ***    If things come up roses, the end result is successful or positive, even if there were… …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • come up roses — phrasal : to turn out far better than expected * * * (of a situation) develop in a very favorable way new boyfriend, successful career everything was coming up roses …   Useful english dictionary

  • Come Fly With Me (Foxy Brown song) — Come Fly With Me Single by Foxy Brown featuring Sizzla from the album Black Roses …   Wikipedia

  • Come Clean (Curve album) — Come Clean Studio album by Curve Released 16 February 1998 …   Wikipedia

  • come out smelling of roses — come out/up smelling of roses British & Australian, American if you come out smelling of roses, people believe you are good and honest after a difficult situation which could have made you seem bad or dishonest. There was a major fraud… …   New idioms dictionary

  • come up smelling of roses — come out/up smelling of roses British & Australian, American if you come out smelling of roses, people believe you are good and honest after a difficult situation which could have made you seem bad or dishonest. There was a major fraud… …   New idioms dictionary

  • Come from the Heart — Written by Richard Leigh and Susanna Clark Published 1987[1] Language English Form Country music Original artist Don Williams …   Wikipedia

  • come up smelling of roses — (UK) If someone comes up smelling of roses, they emerge from a situation with their reputation undamaged …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • come up of something smelling of roses — 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… …   Useful english dictionary

  • come out of something smelling of roses — 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… …   Useful english dictionary

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