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{
"etymology_text": "From Aesop's fable 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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"form": "blowing hot and cold",
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"ref": "1852 July 1, “New-York University: Commencement Ceremonies-Anniversaries of the Literary Societies”, in New York Times",
"text": "He blows hot and cold. He will speak for or against.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1968 October 25, “A Goat, Twins and a Virgin”, in Time",
"text": "Geminis, like air, blow hot and cold. They go this way today and another way tomorrow.",
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},
{
"ref": "2002 May 12, “China says DPP is only welcome if it changes platform”, in Taipei Times, retrieved 2008-07-09",
"text": "The Xinhua commentary said that Chen \"blows hot and cold, behaves capriciously and is a hard man to trust.\"",
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"To behave inconsistently; to vacillate or to waver, as between extremes of opinion or emotion."
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"(intransitive, idiomatic) To behave inconsistently; to vacillate or to waver, as between extremes of opinion or emotion."
],
"synonyms": [
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"word": "run hot and cold"
},
{
"word": "suck and blow"
}
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"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "kolebaja se",
"sense": "inconsistent behavior",
"word": "колебая се"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhāosānmùsì",
"sense": "inconsistent behavior",
"word": "朝三暮四"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "inconsistent behavior",
"word": "oikkuilla"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "inconsistent behavior",
"word": "ailahdella"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "inconsistent behavior",
"word": "souffler le chaud et le froid"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "inconsistent behavior",
"word": "einmal hü und einmal hott sagen"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "inconsistent behavior",
"word": "bera kápuna á báðum öxlum"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "inconsistent behavior",
"word": "duabus sellis sedeo"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "inconsistent behavior",
"word": "Panu Bogu świeczkę i diabłu ogarek"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "inconsistent behavior",
"word": "siedzieć na dwóch stołkach"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "inconsistent behavior",
"word": "siedzieć jednym tyłkiem na dwóch stołkach"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "semʹ pjátnic na nedéle",
"sense": "inconsistent behavior",
"word": "семь пя́тниц на неде́ле у кого-либо"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "inconsistent behavior",
"word": "una de cal y otra de arena"
}
]
}
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"word": "blow hot and cold"
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"etymology_text": "From Aesop's fable 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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"ref": "1852 July 1, “New-York University: Commencement Ceremonies-Anniversaries of the Literary Societies”, in New York Times",
"text": "He blows hot and cold. He will speak for or against.",
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},
{
"ref": "1968 October 25, “A Goat, Twins and a Virgin”, in Time",
"text": "Geminis, like air, blow hot and cold. They go this way today and another way tomorrow.",
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},
{
"ref": "2002 May 12, “China says DPP is only welcome if it changes platform”, in Taipei Times, retrieved 2008-07-09",
"text": "The Xinhua commentary said that Chen \"blows hot and cold, behaves capriciously and is a hard man to trust.\"",
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}
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"To behave inconsistently; to vacillate or to waver, as between extremes of opinion or emotion."
],
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"inconsistently",
"inconsistently"
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"(intransitive, idiomatic) To behave inconsistently; to vacillate or to waver, as between extremes of opinion or emotion."
],
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"synonyms": [
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"word": "run hot and cold"
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"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "kolebaja se",
"sense": "inconsistent behavior",
"word": "колебая се"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhāosānmùsì",
"sense": "inconsistent behavior",
"word": "朝三暮四"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "inconsistent behavior",
"word": "oikkuilla"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "inconsistent behavior",
"word": "ailahdella"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "inconsistent behavior",
"word": "souffler le chaud et le froid"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "inconsistent behavior",
"word": "einmal hü und einmal hott sagen"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "inconsistent behavior",
"word": "bera kápuna á báðum öxlum"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "inconsistent behavior",
"word": "duabus sellis sedeo"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "inconsistent behavior",
"word": "Panu Bogu świeczkę i diabłu ogarek"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "inconsistent behavior",
"word": "siedzieć na dwóch stołkach"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "inconsistent behavior",
"word": "siedzieć jednym tyłkiem na dwóch stołkach"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "semʹ pjátnic na nedéle",
"sense": "inconsistent behavior",
"word": "семь пя́тниц на неде́ле у кого-либо"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "inconsistent behavior",
"word": "una de cal y otra de arena"
}
],
"word": "blow hot and cold"
}
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