on-again, off-again

The new research also shows for the first time that "Jekyll-and-Hyde" leadership can take a serious toll even when employees aren't directly impacted by a leader's on-again, off-again misbehavior.

The prison escapee and on-again off-again petty criminal – whose best-known alias was Jack Karlson – shot to fame in 2009, after a clip of his dramatic 1991 arrest outside of a Chinese restaurant in Brisbane was uploaded to the internet and enthralled the nation.

Why hadn’t we given her more grace when she was betrayed by her best friend, who had hooked up with her on-again, off-again boyfriend while she was in Paris?

The state agency had left the house — one of hundreds that Caltrans had acquired for a contentious, on-again, off-again extension of the 710 Freeway — vacant and deteriorating, covering the windows with plywood and “No Trespassing” signs.

But their relations have suffered on-again, off-again setbacks owing to issues stemming from Japan’s wartime aggression.