blow hot and cold
Meanings
verb
- To behave inconsistently; to vacillate or to waver, as between extremes of opinion or emotion.
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Etymology
From Aesop's fable The Satyr and the Traveller, in which a satyr declares he cannot trust a man who blows hot (to warm his hands) and cold (to cool his food) with the same breath.
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