neither rhyme nor reason
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There is neither rhyme nor reason on Twitter; just a lot of shouting by folk in a semi-aroused state of permanent outrage.
From The Guardian • Feb. 20, 2017
The man's attitude was inexplicable; there was neither rhyme nor reason in it.
From Parrot & Co. by MacGrath, Harold
Crieff had its perpetual pensionary vicar in those days, and naturally enough he could see neither rhyme nor reason in the arrangement which a Pope had no doubt sanctioned, but which completely ignored his interests.
From Chronicles of Strathearn by Macdougall, W. B.
Which being done, Sir Thomas said, "Yea, marry, now it is somewhat, for now it is rhyme; before it was neither rhyme nor reason."
From Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature by Bartlett, John
A musician myself, I protest against this assertion, which has neither rhyme nor reason.
From The Physiology of Taste by Robinson, Fayette
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