there's no rhyme or reason to/for something
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
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
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
- neither rhyme nor reason
- no rhyme or reason
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- one rotten apple spoils the (whole) bunch
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