"run hot and cold" meaning in All languages combined

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "runs hot and cold",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "running hot and cold",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ran hot and cold",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "run hot and cold",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "run<,,ran,run> hot and cold"
      },
      "expansion": "run hot and cold (third-person singular simple present runs hot and cold, present participle running hot and cold, simple past ran hot and cold, past participle run hot and cold)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Henrietta's feelings for Delbert run hot and cold—one minute she's hopelessly in love with him, and the next she can't stand the sight of him.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "The business runs hot and cold; some months our firm doesn't earn enough to cover expenses and other months, we net 400% profits.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013 May 23, Sarah Lyall, “British Leader’s Liberal Turn Sets Off a Rebellion in His Party”, in New York Times, retrieved 2013-05-29",
          "text": "London’s right-leaning newspapers, which tend to run hot and cold on the prime minister, are veering toward Arctic right now.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To alternate between two opposite extremes, such as enthusiasm and disinterest or success and failure."
      ],
      "id": "en-run_hot_and_cold-en-verb-IuZTgdTF",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To alternate between two opposite extremes, such as enthusiasm and disinterest or success and failure."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "blow hot and cold"
        },
        {
          "word": "hold with the hare and run with the hounds"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "En-au-run hot and cold.ogg",
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b5/En-au-run_hot_and_cold.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "run hot and cold"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "runs hot and cold",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "running hot and cold",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ran hot and cold",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "run hot and cold",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "run<,,ran,run> hot and cold"
      },
      "expansion": "run hot and cold (third-person singular simple present runs hot and cold, present participle running hot and cold, simple past ran hot and cold, past participle run hot and cold)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English idioms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Henrietta's feelings for Delbert run hot and cold—one minute she's hopelessly in love with him, and the next she can't stand the sight of him.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "The business runs hot and cold; some months our firm doesn't earn enough to cover expenses and other months, we net 400% profits.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013 May 23, Sarah Lyall, “British Leader’s Liberal Turn Sets Off a Rebellion in His Party”, in New York Times, retrieved 2013-05-29",
          "text": "London’s right-leaning newspapers, which tend to run hot and cold on the prime minister, are veering toward Arctic right now.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To alternate between two opposite extremes, such as enthusiasm and disinterest or success and failure."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To alternate between two opposite extremes, such as enthusiasm and disinterest or success and failure."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "En-au-run hot and cold.ogg",
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b5/En-au-run_hot_and_cold.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "blow hot and cold"
    },
    {
      "word": "hold with the hare and run with the hounds"
    }
  ],
  "word": "run hot and cold"
}