blow hot and cold

VERB

keep off and on

Synonyms

WEAK

be on the fence change one's mind chop and change flip-flop fluctuate vacillate will and will not wobble about

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

"I will have nought to do with a man who can blow hot and cold with the same breath."

From Aesop's Fables by Aesop