grave-dancer meaning

• [American slang]
  n. someone who profits over someone else's misfortune. (From dance on someone's grave.)
  • I don't want to seem like a grave-dancer, but his defeat places me in line for a promotion.
  • The guy's a grave-dancer. Anything to get ahead.
  
  

• dancer:    Noun: dancer  ...
• grave:    Noun: grave & ...
• ballet dancer:    Noun: ballet dance ...