suck and blow

Verb

suck and blow (third-person singular simple present sucks and blows, present participle sucking and blowing, simple past sucked and blew, past participle sucked and blown)

1. (Canada, UK, idiomatic) To perform two incompatible actions; to hold views which are in contradiction.
   • It is called the Liberal Democratic Party, and it beats our old cleaner, because it can suck and blow at once. They have it both ways. They are like weird hermaphroditic parrotfish, changing sex at will.2003 September 25, Boris Johnson, “The least said about Lib Dems, the better”, in Telegraph, UK, retrieved 28 May 2018
   • Kravetsky said the hospital's position is contradictory.
     "They suck and blow at the same time," Kravetsky said outside court on Tuesday.
     "Their position is that he's suffering no damages because he's not cognizant, and yet … they describe torture which reflects a person having been tortured...2008 June 4, “Doctor quits over dispute on whether to treat Winnipeg man”, in CBC News, Canada, retrieved 28 May 2018