to get away with it; get away scot-free; get off scot-free (to escape punishment for doing something or avoid doing some work)
çekim: geçmiş me fui de rositas · ortaç ido de rositas
köken: Literally, “to go/get away with little roses”. Ironic diminutive of rosas (roses), because the roses are beautiful flowers, which are given to lovers and special occasions.
to flee, to get away, to escape · to get away (to slip from one's control) · to stray, to veer (to wander, as from a direct course)
çekim: geçmiş ξέφυγα
köken: Inherited from Byzantine Greek ξεφεύγω (xepheúgō), from εξεφεύγω (exepheúgō), from Ancient Greek ἐκφεύγω (ekpheúgō). By surface analysis, ξε- (xe-) + φεύγω (févgo).
Literally, “to get away with the face of a blade”, in reference to being struck with the flat side of a blade instead of the sharp edge, therefore avoiding punishment.