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blow hot and cold

idiom

To behave inconsistently; to vacillate or to waver, as between extremes of opinion or emotion.


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  1. 01

    a cold day in July

    The time of occurrence of an event that will never happen.

  2. 02

    baking hot

    Very hot.

  3. 03

    blow

    To fail at; to mess up; to make a mistake in.

  4. 04

    blow a fuse

    To lose one's temper; to become enraged.

  5. 05

    blow a hole through

    To destroy the integrity or cohesion of.

  6. 06

    blow a kiss

    To kiss one's own hand, then blow on it in a direction towards the recipient.

  7. 07

    blow away

    To kill (someone) by shooting them with a firearm.

  8. 08

    blow chunks

    To vomit chunks of undigested food.

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