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Meaning: (Canada,UK,idiomatic)To perform twoincompatibleactions; to hold views which are incontradiction.2003September 25,Boris Johnson, “The least said about Lib Dems, the better”, inTelegraph, UK, retrieved28 May 2018:It is called the Liberal Democratic Party, and it beats our old cleaner, because it cansuck and blowat once. They have it both ways. They are like weird hermaphroditic parrotfish, changing sex at will.2008June 4, “Doctor quits over dispute on whether to treat Winnipeg man”, inCBC News, Canada, retrieved28 May 2018:Kravetsky said the hospital's position is contradictory."Theysuck and blowat 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 intentionally or suffering severe pain, so which is it?"2015July 2, Norris McDonald, “F1, IndyCar and NASCAR - more going on off the track than on”, inThe Star, Toronto, Canada, retrieved28 May 2018:We all know that NASCAR came out in support of South Carolina’s decision (and Alabama’s) to remove the Confederate flag from the front of its legislative building.[…]But in a classic case of trying tosuck and blowat the same time, Daytona Speedway (which is owned by the same people who won NASCAR) will not ban the Confederate flag from its infield at this weekend’s races.2018February 27, Lizzy Buchan, “Brexit is like 'giving up a three-course meal for a packet of crisps', says former top Government trade official”, inIndependent, UK, retrieved28 May 2018:"You can'tsuck and blowat once, as they say, we're going to have to come out of the customs union in order to be able to do free trade deals," he said.
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