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单词 blow hot and cold
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blow hot and cold

Alternate inconsistently between two moods, attitudes, or courses of action: he had behaved badly, stringing her along, blowing hot and cold...
  • He blows hot and cold, more cold than hot it must be said, and he let his side down on Sunday.
  • So even when his talent was at last appreciated, he seemed certain to remain an erratic, blowing hot and cold.
  • This is also the reason why his puppet Prime Minister blows hot and cold in the same breath.

Synonyms

vacillate, keep changing one's mind, dither, shilly-shally, oscillate, waver, be indecisive, be irresolute, be undecided, be uncertain, be unsure, hesitate;
British haver, hum and haw;
Scottish swither
informal dilly-dally
See parent entry: blow
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