Idiom
dance on someone's grave
Meaning
To celebrate a person's death or downfall triumphantly.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“It is cruel to dance on someone's grave after they lose their job.”
“Even though they were rivals, he refused to dance on his grave when the manager was finally fired.”
“History often judges those who dance on the graves of their fallen enemies with more severity than the enemies themselves.”
Examples
simple
“It is cruel to dance on someone's grave after they lose their job.”
contextual
“Even though they were rivals, he refused to dance on his grave when the manager was finally fired.”
complex
“History often judges those who dance on the graves of their fallen enemies with more severity than the enemies themselves.”
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