blow hot and cold

== English == === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === === Verb === blow hot and cold (third-person singular simple present blows hot and cold, present participle blowing hot and cold, simple past blew hot and cold, past participle blown hot and cold) (intransitive, idiomatic) To behave inconsistently; to vacillate or to waver, as between extremes of opinion or emotion. ==== Synonyms ==== run hot and cold suck and blow ==== Translations ====