come up roses

Idioms  

1. Turn out extremely well, as in I had my doubts about this project, but now it's coming up roses . [ Slang ; c. 1960]

2. come up smelling like roses . Emerge untarnished from a difficult situation, have no stain on one's character, as in He was suspended for a month but still came up smelling like roses . Eric Partridge believed this usage originally was fall into shit and come up smelling like roses , but the vulgar initial phrase is now generally omitted. [ Slang ; first half of 1900s]

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Example Sentences

But “everything should eventually come up roses” due to optimism about stimulus, U.S. central bank support and the rollout of coronavirus vaccines.

From Washington Times

Not everything has come up roses in victory lane, of course.

From Seattle Times

Both Alikhani and her refreshing faloodeh, a Persian sorbet made with vermicelli noodles frozen into a misshapen but satisfying lump and bathed in sweet lime juice, come up roses.

From The New Yorker

President Trump’s choice for the job seems confident that everything will come up roses.

From Washington Post

Labor data continued to come up roses in June, as the number of vacancies in the U.S. workforce sat near an all-time high at 5.6 million and new hires hit their highest mark since March at 5.1 million, according to a report published Wednesday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

From US News