blow hot and cold
Example Sentences
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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
Mr. Silvers could blow hot and cold on his writers.
From New York Times • Mar. 20, 2017
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