rhyme or reason
Order or sense
Rhyme or reason refers to logical sense or rational explanation, almost always in negative constructions: There's no rhyme or reason to these regulations, I can't find any rhyme or reason in his behavior.
The phrase suggests that something lacks both aesthetic pattern (rhyme) and logical basis (reason)—it's simply inexplicable or arbitrary.
- rationaleStated basis for action
- make senseBe comprehensible or logical
- common senseNative practical judgment
- illogicalContrary to valid reasoning
- random chanceUncontrolled probability
nonsensical · meaningless · rhythm · method · consistency · order · unpredictability · causality · senseless · deduction · inference · explanation · clarity · justification · irregularity · verse · purpose · inexplicable
rhyme or reasonchaos
Complete disorder and confusion
randomness · irrationality · senselessness · meaninglessness · nonsense
rhyme or reasonaimlessness
Lack of direction
caprice · pointlessness · whimsy · purposelessness · randomness
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