blow\ hot\ and\ cold

blow\ hot\ and\ cold
v. phr.
To change your ways or likes often; be fickle or changeable.

Tom blows hot and cold about coming out for the baseball team; he cannot decide.

Mary blew hot and cold about going to college; every day she changed her mind.

The boys will get tired of Ann's blowing hot and cold.


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