Lamourette's kiss phrase
Used to indicate a temporary and often dishonest reconciliation.
It's just a Lamourette's kiss. We shall try to persuade the two sides to suspend hostilities.
After years of quarrelling, they offered a Lamourette's kiss to prepare for welcoming the president to the company.
The phrase relates to Abbe Lamourette, who was able to reconcile the disparate factions of the French National Assembly in 1792.
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.