blow hot and cold

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To behave inconsistently; to vacillate or to waver, as between extremes of opinion or emotion. idiomatic,intransitive
    — For a week, she couldn't get enough of me. The next week, her interest blew hot and cold, and a week later she dumped me.

词形变化

blows hot and cold present,singular,third-person blowing hot and cold participle,present blew hot and cold past blown hot and cold participle,past

词源

From Aesop's fable The Satyr and the Traveller, in which a satyr declares he cannot trust a man who blows hot (to warm his hands) and cold (to cool his food) with the same breath.
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