Can't hit the (broad) side of a barn slang
If you say that one can't hit the (broad) side of a barn, you mean that he doesn't have good aim.
Jane can't hit the broad side of a barn though the target is just two meters away.
Although the players had many chances to score in the last minutes, they couldn't hit the side of a barn right.
Come out of a difficult situation without a stain on one's character
I don't understand how he can fall in shit and come out smelling like a rose.