COME OUT OF ONE’S SHELL
⇨ to stop being shy and withdrawn.
1. Is that Tom dancing with all the girls? He used to be so shy and look at him now! He
certainly has come out of his shell.
2. Patty has been sitting on the couch by herself since she arrived. Why don’t you go over
and start a conversation with her? See it you can get her to come out her shell.
The expression suggests that a person who lives in a shell is withdrawn, like a snail.
COME OUT SMELLING LIKE A ROSE
⇨ to avoid blame that one deserves; to seem to be innocent.
1. Larry should have gotten into trouble for what he did, but he was lucky and came out
smelling like a rose.
2. Everyone in the government is accusing everyone else of wrongdoing and corruption. No
one is going to come out of this affair smelling like a rose.
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