# blow hot and cold

> English word · Verb

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

## 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.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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