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
"What shall I go home for, when there's neither rhyme nor reason for it!"
From Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books by Joly, H. Bencraft
There's neither rhyme nor reason in it that I can see.
From Innocent : her fancy and his fact by Corelli, Marie
There was neither rhyme nor reason to be found in the distribution of representation between different sections of the country.
From A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1. by Hayes, Carlton J. H.
There is neither rhyme nor reason in it.
From Harper's Round Table, September 10, 1895 by Various
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