carry fire in one hand and water in the other

To be duplicitous. To deceive. I think Kim carries fire in one hand and water in the other—she's nice to my face, but I've heard her talking about me behind my back!

See also: and, carry, fire, hand, one, other, water

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Polyhymnia	-	Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Cathleen	['kæθli:n]
Roxana	rahk-SAN-ə (English), rok-SAHN-ah (Spanish)	English, Spanish, Romanian, Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Alessandro	ahl-e-SAHN-dro	Italian
Murrough	-	Irish
RomÁNa	-	Hungarian