Get (one's) wings informal verb phrase
To get a pilot's license.
Jack made a lot of efforts to get his wings, but he failed again.
Used to say that someone becomes addicted to drugs.
Since Peter got his wings, he has been estranged from his friends.
It is rumoured that he gets his wings.
Used to say that someone uses heroin for the first time.
I got my wings when I was 18.
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.