dancing on someone's grave
Celebrating enemy's demise
Dancing on someone's grave means celebrating their death or downfall, often with undisguised glee.
The image is of triumph over a defeated enemy—not mourning but reveling: When the dictator died, half the country was dancing on his grave.
The phrase can also mean outliving someone, especially a rival: I'll dance on your grave yet.
- schadenfreudeDelight in others' misfortune
- vindicationClearance of blame
- last laughTriumph after apparent defeat
- stompingTreading heavily, forcefully
- mockingScornfully imitating or ridiculing
celebration · jeering · gloating · rubbing it in · triumph · exultation · bitterness · malice · ill will · comeuppance · hostility · contempt · taunting · nemesis · bitter end · justice · sweet revenge · rejoicing
dancing on someone's gravemourning
Period following loss
grieving · lamenting · paying respects · eulogizing · keening
dancing on someone's gravepaying tribute
eulogizing · commemorating · memorializing · venerating · canonizing
dancing on someone's graveletting bygones be bygones
Pardoning previous conflicts
burying the hatchet · forgiving and forgetting · rising above
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