blow hot and cold
Example Sentences
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Earlier this month, Sir Keir said UK government policy towards China could not continue to blow "hot and cold".
From BBC • Dec. 19, 2025
Starmer promised Monday that his country's China policy would no longer blow "hot and cold".
From Barron's • Dec. 2, 2025
There are some who rate series not only from season to season but episode to episode, as a sports fan might blow hot and cold on a team from play to play.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2023
Like a patient with a virus, incoming data appears to blow hot and cold at the same time.
From Reuters • Jun. 1, 2023
Before answering this objection, let me call your attention to the inconsistency of our adversaries, who blow hot and cold in the same breath.
From The Faith of Our Fathers by Gibbons, James