«عَدُوِّتِي وِعَمَلِتْ مِغَسِّلْتِي»

The words come from a woman who has fallen and whose rival, also a woman, now stands over her. Her enemy has not only lived to see her death but has gone further, becoming the one who washes her body. The image marks the fullest gloating an adversary could enjoy at the speaker's expense.

More broadly, the saying describes a defeat made sharper by a foe who exults over it. The sufferer's pain lies in the enemy's presence: the rival does more than hear of the misfortune, she witnesses it and then goes a step further, leaving the gloating complete.

Spoken from the position of the one gloated over, it describes a rival's triumph at its most complete, when a female enemy has seen another woman's downfall and gone beyond merely witnessing it. It suits bitter complaint rather than light teasing.