Got off scot-free/ to come out unpunished/ get off scot-free
To leave without any punishment or harm; originally, to leave without any response or follow-up to one's appeal.
("A certain gentile asked Rabbi Yehoshua ben Korchah: Why did the Holy One, blessed be He, choose to speak with Moses from the thorn bush? He said to him: If it had been from a carob tree or from a sycamore tree, would you have asked me like this? Rather, it was impossible to get you off scot-free. Why from the thorn bush? Because there is no place empty of the Divine Presence, not even the thorn bush." - Shemot Rabbah (Sheinan), Parashat Shemot, Section 2)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
יָצָא חָלָק
Definition (Hebrew)
יָצָא לְלֹא כָּל עֹונֶשׁ. יָצָא לְלֹא כָּל נֶזֶק (בַּמָּקוֹר: יָצָא לְלֹא כָּל הִתְייחֲסוּת אוֹ לְלֹא תְּשׁוּבָה לִפְנִיָּתוֹ).
("שָׁאַל גּוֹי אֶחָד אֶת ר' יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בֶּן קָרְחָה: מָה רָאָה הקב"ה לְדַבֵּר עִם מֹשֶׁה מִתּוֹךְ הַסְּנֶה? אָמַר לוֹ: אֵלּוּ מִתּוֹךְ חָרוּב אוֹ מִתּוֹךְ שִׁקְמָה כָּךְ הָיִיתָ שׁוֹאֲלֵנִי, אֶלָּא לְהוֹצִיאֲךָ חֵלֶק אִי אִפְשֵׁר. לָמָּה מִתּוֹךְ הַסְּנֶה? שֶׁאֵין מָקוֹם פָּנוּי בְּלֹא שְׁכִינָה וַאֲפִלּוּ בַּסְּנֶה"- שְׁמוֹת רַבָּה (שִׁנְאָן) פָּרָשַׁת שְׁמוֹת פָּרָשָׁה ב)