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blow hot and cold

VERB
keep off and on
Synonyms
WEAK
be on the fence change one's mind chop and change flip-flop fluctuate vacillate will and will not wobble about

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Jonny's prediction: Manchester United blow hot and cold - they are capable of playing some really nice football but I don't know where their goals will come from without Bryan Mbeumo or Bruno Fernandes.

From BBC • Dec. 24, 2025

Starmer promised Monday that his country's China policy would no longer blow "hot and cold".

From Barron's • Dec. 2, 2025

Like a patient with a virus, incoming data appears to blow hot and cold at the same time.

From Reuters • Jun. 1, 2023

Americans blow hot and cold on global health.

From New York Times • Dec. 19, 2016

"I will have nought to do with a man who can blow hot and cold with the same breath."

From Aesop's Fables by Aesop