come up smelling of roses (English, verb)
expansion: come up smelling of roses (third-person singular simple present comes up smelling of roses, present participle coming up smelling of roses, simple past came up smelling of roses, past participle come up smelling of roses)
Senses:
glosses: Alternative form of smell like a rose.
tags: alt-of
alternative
Forms:
form: comes up smelling of roses
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: coming up smelling of roses
tags: participle
present
form: came up smelling of roses
tags: past
form: come up smelling of roses
tags: participle
past