rhyme

Related to rhyme: nursery rhyme, internal rhyme, slant rhyme

neither rhyme nor reason

No particular logic, sense, method, or meaning of a given situation, action, person, thing, group, etc. I've looked over it several times, but there's neither rhyme nor reason to the agreement we were sent this morning.

See also: neither, nor, reason, rhyme

no rhyme or reason

No particular logic, sense, method, or meaning to a given situation, action, person, thing, group, etc. I've looked over it several times, but there's no rhyme or reason to the document we were sent this morning.

rhyme off

To quickly articulate a litany of things or recite the items of a list. When asked if we had any baby names in mind, Sarah started rhyming them off one after the other. I then rhymed off a list of things that needed to be changed or improved if the company wished to survive.

rhyme or reason

The particular logic, sense, method, or meaning of a given situation, action, person, thing, group, etc. (Most often used in negative formations to indicate an absence or lack thereof.) Could someone please explain to me the rhyme or reason behind the program's selection process? I've looked over it several times, but there's no rhyme or reason to the agreement we were sent this morning.

rhyme with (someone or something)

1. To have the same or similar sound as another word. Almost nothing in the English language rhymes with "orange." Despite its odd spelling, "pique" rhymes with "peak."

2. To think of, speak, or write a word that has the same or similar sound as another word. I thought it was rather clever rhyming "worth" with "dearth." It's a little lazy just rhyming "town" with "town" instead of using a different word.

run rhymes

To deliver a performance of rhyming poetry or rap lyrics that one has written or thought up. A possessive pronoun can be used between "run" and "rhymes" The kids runs rhymes like a professional. I'd be shocked if we didn't see a rap album out of him in the next couple of years. She had been running her rhymes at a number of amateur poetry events before she finally got he nerve to submit her work to a publisher.

without rhyme or reason

Without clear or understandable logic, order, purpose, or meaning. As far as I can tell, their selection process is completely without rhyme or reason. The killer is a psychopath, John. He does things without rhyme or reason, so stop trying to figure his motives out.

*neither rhyme nor reason

Cliché without logic, order, or planning. (Describes something disorganized. *Typically: be ~; have ~.) There seems to be neither rhyme nor reason to Gerald's filing system. The novel's plot had neither rhyme nor reason.

See also: neither, nor, reason, rhyme

rhyme something with something

[for someone] to make one word rhyme with another word. I need to rhyme tree with some other word. Any suggestions? Can I rhyme good with food?

rhyme with something

[for a word] to rhyme with another word. You can't use house in that line of the poem, because it doesn't rhyme with mice. The last word in your poem doesn't rhyme with any other word in the poem!

run one's rhymes

Sl. to say what you have to say; to give one's speech or make one's plea. Go run your rhymes with somebody else! I told him to run his rhymes elsewhere.

without rhyme or reason

Cliché without purpose, order, or reason. (See variations in the examples. Fixed order.) The teacher said my report was disorganized. My paragraphs seemed to be without rhyme or reason. Everything you do seems to be without rhyme or reason.

rhyme or reason, no

An absence of common sense or reasonableness, as in This memo has no rhyme or reason. Closely related variants are without rhyme or reason, as in The conclusion of her paper was without rhyme or reason, and neither rhyme nor reason, as in Neither rhyme nor reason will explain that lawyer's objections. This term originated in French about 1475 and began to be used in English about a century later. Sir Thomas More is credited with saying of a mediocre book that a friend had put into verse, "Now it is somewhat, for now it is rhyme; whereas before it was neither rhyme nor reason."

no rhyme or reason

no rhyme nor reason

If there is no rhyme or reason or no rhyme nor reason for something, there seems to be no logical or obvious explanation for it. There seems no rhyme or reason behind the pricing of many of these products. I can see no rhyme nor reason for the variance in spelling. Note: You can also say that something happens without rhyme or reason. Symptoms appear and disappear apparently without rhyme or reason. Cuts are being made without rhyme or reason. The only motive is to save money to meet Treasury targets.

rhyme or reason

logical explanation or reason.

there’s no ˌrhyme or ˈreason to/for something

without ˌrhyme or ˈreason

no sense or logical explanation: There has been no rhyme or reason to market movements in recent weeks. Changes were being made without rhyme or reason.This phrase comes from Shakespeare’s play As You Like It: ‘But are you so much in love as your rhymes speak?’ ‘Neither rhyme nor reason can express how much’.

run one’s rhymes

tv. to say what you have to say; to give one’s speech or make one’s plea. (Collegiate.) Go run your rhymes with somebody else!

neither rhyme nor reason

No sense whatever. This term dates from the fifteenth century, when an unknown French writer wrote, En toy ne Ryme ne Raison (“In you neither rhyme nor reason,” Maistre Pierre Pathelin, ca. 1475). Sir Thomas More is credited with the following remark made to a friend who had put into verse a mediocre book: “Yea, marry, now it is somewhat, for now it is rhyme; whereas before it was neither rhyme nor reason.” The term made it into John Ray’s proverb collection of 1678 and is by no means obsolete.

See also: neither, nor, reason, rhyme

The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer

neither rhyme nor reason

Making no sense at all. “Rhyme” alludes to poetry and by extension all of the creative arts, while “reason” stands for intellect. Accordingly, something that can't be understood or justified in terms of either artistic merit or logic is indeed of little value.

See also: neither, nor, reason, rhyme

Endangered Phrases by Steven D. Price

See also:

neither rhyme nor reason
no rhyme or reason
rhyme or reason, no
there's no rhyme or reason to/for something
rhyme or reason
rotten apple spoils the barrel
a bad apple spoils the (whole) barrel
bushel
one rotten apple spoils the (whole) barrel
one rotten apple spoils the (whole) bunch

References in periodicals archive

"I think its important that we keep nursery rhymes going and encourage young children to learn them." Ann, who took on the role of Quilter in Residence at Alzheimer Scotland, has been busy sewing memory quilts and inspiring people all over the world to get stitching for the dementia charity.

Beautiful quilt that really tells a story

Rhyme was charged with possession of a stolen firearm, police said.

The first illegal gun recovery of 2019 happened one minute into the new year in

He said: "I love rhyming and I love the silliness of it - News at Len, Mime the Rhyme. I like doing rhymes myself.

I'm back on Rhyme time telly; Strictly's Len Goodman quicksteps back on to our screens as quiz show host

We acknowledge that the severity of the plan and the rich and copious recurrence of the rhyme serve the double end of repelling the incompetent workman and stimulating the competent, (p.

The Ends of Rhyme: Swinburne's A Century of Roundels and Late-Victorian Rhyme Culture

3) Two words with a different number of syllables rhyme only if the longer has the same rhythm in its terminal syllable/s as that of all the syllables of the shorter.

Rhyming synonyms 1

In an introduction that begins with the all-caps assertion "WE LIVE IN A RHYME DRENCHED era," Caplan demonstrates how rhymes abound in popular music, and indeed many facets of modern American life, referring to what he calls "contemporary rhyming culture" (1).

Rhyme's Challenge: Hip Hop, Poetry, and Contemporary Rhyming Culture

Russian versification, by and large, inherits the French attitude toward rhyme, with its more stringent expectations and a regular alternation between "masculine" (stress on the ultimate syllable) and "feminine" (stress on the penultimate syllable) line endings.

Verse structure and literary tradition: the interaction between rhyme and stress in the Onegin Stanza

The Essential Daryl Hine is just that -- essential -- as a reminder that rhyme is a tool best not forgotten by modern poets.

The Essential Daryl Hine

Gathered by noted author Katherine Govier, Half for You and Half for Me is a collection of traditional and modern rhymes, a collection rich in her memory of hearing them on her mother's lap and rich in her belief that the rhymes are to share.

Half for You and Half for Me: Best-Loved Nursery Rhymes and the Stories Behind Them

In this article, a rhyme is understood as a morphophonological item consisting of multiple phonemes within a morpheme: nucleus + coda or unstressed consonant in the second syllable + unstressed vowel in the second syllable.

Rhyme correspondences between Sinitic and Uralic languages: on the example of the finnish -ala and -aja rhymes

Rhyme also belongs to the expressive forms of poetry; through its relation to the whole, rhyme becomes an important element of a text's poetic style and thereby achieves its special status and meaning in the system of its linguistic means of expression.

Introduction to rhyme: its history and theory

That's become something she's famous for in her family: Everyone looks forward to a card from her - with a little rhyme as well.

Rhyme is her reason for Witkes, 97, in any season

On that list were several nursery rhyme books and many of what might be called the classics.

Reviving the rhymes and reads!

Everybody was worried that it might mess up the integrity of Bet but I was like, '(As) long as he got a dope rhyme, let him spit'," Contactmusic quoted him as saying.

Justin Bieber was 'banned to rap at Hip-Hop Awards'

HTC unveils HTC Rhyme phone, introduced exclusively with Verizon Wireless

词组	rhyme
释义	rhyme Related to rhyme: nursery rhyme, internal rhyme, slant rhyme neither rhyme nor reason No particular logic, sense, method, or meaning of a given situation, action, person, thing, group, etc. I've looked over it several times, but there's neither rhyme nor reason to the agreement we were sent this morning. See also: neither, nor, reason, rhyme no rhyme or reason No particular logic, sense, method, or meaning to a given situation, action, person, thing, group, etc. I've looked over it several times, but there's no rhyme or reason to the document we were sent this morning. See also: no, reason, rhyme rhyme off To quickly articulate a litany of things or recite the items of a list. When asked if we had any baby names in mind, Sarah started rhyming them off one after the other. I then rhymed off a list of things that needed to be changed or improved if the company wished to survive. See also: off, rhyme rhyme or reason The particular logic, sense, method, or meaning of a given situation, action, person, thing, group, etc. (Most often used in negative formations to indicate an absence or lack thereof.) Could someone please explain to me the rhyme or reason behind the program's selection process? I've looked over it several times, but there's no rhyme or reason to the agreement we were sent this morning. See also: reason, rhyme rhyme with (someone or something) 1. To have the same or similar sound as another word. Almost nothing in the English language rhymes with "orange." Despite its odd spelling, "pique" rhymes with "peak." 2. To think of, speak, or write a word that has the same or similar sound as another word. I thought it was rather clever rhyming "worth" with "dearth." It's a little lazy just rhyming "town" with "town" instead of using a different word. See also: rhyme run rhymes To deliver a performance of rhyming poetry or rap lyrics that one has written or thought up. A possessive pronoun can be used between "run" and "rhymes" The kids runs rhymes like a professional. I'd be shocked if we didn't see a rap album out of him in the next couple of years. She had been running her rhymes at a number of amateur poetry events before she finally got he nerve to submit her work to a publisher. See also: rhyme, run without rhyme or reason Without clear or understandable logic, order, purpose, or meaning. As far as I can tell, their selection process is completely without rhyme or reason. The killer is a psychopath, John. He does things without rhyme or reason, so stop trying to figure his motives out. See also: reason, rhyme, without Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. neither rhyme nor reason Cliché* without logic, order, or planning. (Describes something disorganized. Typically: be ~; have ~.) There seems to be neither rhyme nor reason to Gerald's filing system. The novel's plot had neither rhyme nor reason. See also: neither, nor, reason, rhyme rhyme something with something [for someone] to make one word rhyme with another word. I need to rhyme tree with some other word. Any suggestions? Can I rhyme good with food? See also: rhyme rhyme with something [for a word] to rhyme with another word. You can't use house in that line of the poem, because it doesn't rhyme with mice. The last word in your poem doesn't rhyme with any other word in the poem! See also: rhyme run one's rhymes Sl.* to say what you have to say; to give one's speech or make one's plea. Go run your rhymes with somebody else! I told him to run his rhymes elsewhere. See also: rhyme, run without rhyme or reason Cliché without purpose, order, or reason. (See variations in the examples. Fixed order.) The teacher said my report was disorganized. My paragraphs seemed to be without rhyme or reason. Everything you do seems to be without rhyme or reason. See also: reason, rhyme, without McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. rhyme or reason, no An absence of common sense or reasonableness, as in This memo has no rhyme or reason. Closely related variants are without rhyme or reason, as in The conclusion of her paper was without rhyme or reason, and neither rhyme nor reason, as in Neither rhyme nor reason will explain that lawyer's objections. This term originated in French about 1475 and began to be used in English about a century later. Sir Thomas More is credited with saying of a mediocre book that a friend had put into verse, "Now it is somewhat, for now it is rhyme; whereas before it was neither rhyme nor reason." See also: no, rhyme The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. no rhyme or reason or no rhyme nor reason If there is no rhyme or reason or no rhyme nor reason for something, there seems to be no logical or obvious explanation for it. There seems no rhyme or reason behind the pricing of many of these products. I can see no rhyme nor reason for the variance in spelling. Note: You can also say that something happens without rhyme or reason. Symptoms appear and disappear apparently without rhyme or reason. Cuts are being made without rhyme or reason. The only motive is to save money to meet Treasury targets. See also: no, reason, rhyme Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. rhyme or reason logical explanation or reason. See also: reason, rhyme Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary there’s no ˌrhyme or ˈreason to/for something , without ˌrhyme or ˈreason no sense or logical explanation: There has been no rhyme or reason to market movements in recent weeks. Changes were being made without rhyme or reason.This phrase comes from Shakespeare’s play As You Like It: ‘But are you so much in love as your rhymes speak?’ ‘Neither rhyme nor reason can express how much’. See also: no, reason, rhyme, something Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary run one’s rhymes tv. to say what you have to say; to give one’s speech or make one’s plea. (Collegiate.) Go run your rhymes with somebody else! See also: rhyme, run McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions neither rhyme nor reason No sense whatever. This term dates from the fifteenth century, when an unknown French writer wrote, En toy ne Ryme ne Raison (“In you neither rhyme nor reason,” Maistre Pierre Pathelin, ca. 1475). Sir Thomas More is credited with the following remark made to a friend who had put into verse a mediocre book: “Yea, marry, now it is somewhat, for now it is rhyme; whereas before it was neither rhyme nor reason.” The term made it into John Ray’s proverb collection of 1678 and is by no means obsolete. See also: neither, nor, reason, rhyme The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer neither rhyme nor reason Making no sense at all. “Rhyme” alludes to poetry and by extension all of the creative arts, while “reason” stands for intellect. Accordingly, something that can't be understood or justified in terms of either artistic merit or logic is indeed of little value. See also: neither, nor, reason, rhyme Endangered Phrases by Steven D. Price See also: neither rhyme nor reason no rhyme or reason rhyme or reason, no there's no rhyme or reason to/for something rhyme or reason rotten apple spoils the barrel a bad apple spoils the (whole) barrel bushel one rotten apple spoils the (whole) barrel one rotten apple spoils the (whole) bunch References in periodicals archive "I think its important that we keep nursery rhymes going and encourage young children to learn them." Ann, who took on the role of Quilter in Residence at Alzheimer Scotland, has been busy sewing memory quilts and inspiring people all over the world to get stitching for the dementia charity. Beautiful quilt that really tells a story Rhyme was charged with possession of a stolen firearm, police said. The first illegal gun recovery of 2019 happened one minute into the new year in He said: "I love rhyming and I love the silliness of it - News at Len, Mime the Rhyme. I like doing rhymes myself. I'm back on Rhyme time telly; Strictly's Len Goodman quicksteps back on to our screens as quiz show host We acknowledge that the severity of the plan and the rich and copious recurrence of the rhyme serve the double end of repelling the incompetent workman and stimulating the competent, (p. The Ends of Rhyme: Swinburne's A Century of Roundels and Late-Victorian Rhyme Culture 3) Two words with a different number of syllables rhyme only if the longer has the same rhythm in its terminal syllable/s as that of all the syllables of the shorter. Rhyming synonyms 1 In an introduction that begins with the all-caps assertion "WE LIVE IN A RHYME DRENCHED era," Caplan demonstrates how rhymes abound in popular music, and indeed many facets of modern American life, referring to what he calls "contemporary rhyming culture" (1). Rhyme's Challenge: Hip Hop, Poetry, and Contemporary Rhyming Culture Russian versification, by and large, inherits the French attitude toward rhyme, with its more stringent expectations and a regular alternation between "masculine" (stress on the ultimate syllable) and "feminine" (stress on the penultimate syllable) line endings. Verse structure and literary tradition: the interaction between rhyme and stress in the Onegin Stanza The Essential Daryl Hine is just that -- essential -- as a reminder that rhyme is a tool best not forgotten by modern poets. The Essential Daryl Hine Gathered by noted author Katherine Govier, Half for You and Half for Me is a collection of traditional and modern rhymes, a collection rich in her memory of hearing them on her mother's lap and rich in her belief that the rhymes are to share. Half for You and Half for Me: Best-Loved Nursery Rhymes and the Stories Behind Them In this article, a rhyme is understood as a morphophonological item consisting of multiple phonemes within a morpheme: nucleus + coda or unstressed consonant in the second syllable + unstressed vowel in the second syllable. Rhyme correspondences between Sinitic and Uralic languages: on the example of the finnish -ala and -aja rhymes Rhyme also belongs to the expressive forms of poetry; through its relation to the whole, rhyme becomes an important element of a text's poetic style and thereby achieves its special status and meaning in the system of its linguistic means of expression. Introduction to rhyme: its history and theory That's become something she's famous for in her family: Everyone looks forward to a card from her - with a little rhyme as well. Rhyme is her reason for Witkes, 97, in any season On that list were several nursery rhyme books and many of what might be called the classics. Reviving the rhymes and reads! Everybody was worried that it might mess up the integrity of Bet but I was like, '(As) long as he got a dope rhyme, let him spit'," Contactmusic quoted him as saying. Justin Bieber was 'banned to rap at Hip-Hop Awards' TELECOMWORLDWIRE-September 20, 2011-HTC unveils HTC Rhyme phone, introduced exclusively with Verizon Wireless(C)1994-2011 M2 COMMUNICATIONS http://www.m2.com HTC unveils HTC Rhyme phone, introduced exclusively with Verizon Wireless
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