| Word | blow hot and cold |
|---|---|
| Description | alternate inconsistently between two moods, attitudes or courses of action be sometimes enthusiastic, sometimes unenthusiastic about something This phrase refers to a fable involving a traveller who was offered hospitality by a satyr and offended his host by blowing on his cold fingers to warm them and on his hot soup to cool it. alternate inconsistently between two moods, attitudes or courses of action be sometimes enthusiastic, sometimes unenthusiastic about something This phrase refers to a fable involving a traveller who was offered hospitalit |
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