blow hot and cold

Meaning

Verb

To behave inconsistently; to vacillate or to waver, as between extremes of opinion or emotion.

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Origin

From Aesop's fable 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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