blowing hot and cold
Alternating between extremes
Blowing hot and cold means shifting unpredictably between enthusiasm and indifference, or between opposing positions.
Someone who blows hot and cold about a decision keeps changing their mind: She's been blowing hot and cold about the job offer for weeks.
The phrase suggests unreliability or fickleness that frustrates others.
- inconstantProne to fluctuation
- on again off againInconsistent and recurring
- indecisiveUnable to make choices
- irresoluteLacking firmness of purpose
- uncertainNot firmly known
mixed signals · hesitant · ambivalence · capricious · inconsistent · fickle · running hot and cold · changeable · vacillating · back and forth · equivocal · fluctuating · volatility · wavering · ambiguous · mercurial · temperamental · duality
- indecisionindecision, indecisiveness, conflicted, hesitation, indecisive
blowing hot and coldsteadfast
Firmly loyal, unshakeable
consistent · unwavering · constant · steady · reliable
blowing hot and coldresolute
Fixed in purpose
decisive · committed · determined · single-minded · firm
blowing, blown, blower, hotness, colder, coldest, coldly, coldness