blow hot and cold
Example Sentences
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Starmer promised Monday that his country's China policy would no longer blow "hot and cold".
From Barron's • Dec. 2, 2025
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer says UK government policy towards China cannot continue to blow "hot and cold".
From BBC • Dec. 1, 2025
Like a patient with a virus, incoming data appears to blow hot and cold at the same time.
From Reuters • Jun. 1, 2023
It’s a bit of a frustrating mixed bag, “Superstore,” on which I blow hot and cold from scene to scene.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 24, 2022
The great art of theologians is to blow hot and cold, to afflict and console, to frighten and encourage.
From Good Sense by Holbach, Paul Henri Thiry, baron d'
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