method in one's madness

An underlying purpose in crazy behavior, as in Harry takes seemingly random trips around the country but there's method to his madness-he's checking on real estate values . This expression comes from Shakespeare's Hamlet (2:2): "Though this be madness, yet there is method in it." For a modern equivalent, see crazy like a fox.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Fabien	-	French
Vespasien	-	French
Hotaru	ho-tah-ṙoo	Japanese
Andrea (2)	AN-dree-ə (English), an-DRAY-ə (English), ahn-DRE-ah (German)	English, German, Spanish, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Dutch, Cr
HÙNg	-	Vietnamese
Izz Ud-Din	-	Arabic