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no rhyme or reason

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no rhyme or reason

also without rhyme or reason

without any reasonable explanation or purpose Because the cave was formed by gases that ate away the rock, there seems to be no rhyme or reason to its shape.

See also: reason, rhyme

no rhyme or reason

if there is no rhyme or reason why something happens, there is no obvious explanation for it I don't know what makes her behave like that. There's no rhyme or reason to it.

See also: reason, rhyme