neither rhyme nor reason

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*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

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Yet Drogheda, for the most part, coped with the questions being asked of them - and with neither rhyme nor reason to either side's attacking strategies, it was hardly a surprise that the first half hour passed scoreless. Football: BLUES DISH OUT KANE TO DROGS; SETANTA SPORTS CUP: DROGHEDA ... by The Mirror (London, England) ``There appears to be neither rhyme nor reason why he died. Driver killed by freak blood clot by Daily Post (Liverpool, England) There seemed neither rhyme nor reason to the roads in the part of town I was driving through, and I was hopelessly lost. God sees our lives in their totality by Peers, Michael / Anglican Journal			neck with need need doing need head examined need I remind you that need I say more Need I say more? need like a hole in the head need yesterday needle needle about needless to say needs needs must Needs must when the devil drives neglect to do negotiate neighbor neighbor on neither Neither a borrower nor a lender be Neither can I neither does neither fish nor fowl neither here nor there neither rhyme nor reason nerve nerves of steel nest nest in nest together nestle nestle against nestle down net never never a dull moment Never ask pardon before you are accused never been better never darken door again never fails never fear never had it so good Never halloo till you are out of the woods never hear the end of it never heard of such a thing! never in my life never live down Never make a threat you cannot carry out never mind Never mind!			Neit NEiTA Neitche Neith neither neither neither neither … nor Neither a borrower nor a lender be Neither Agree Nor Disagree Neither can I Neither Confirm Nor Deny neither does Neither East nor West Neither Exercise Nor Food Neither Exercised nor Took Oral Contraceptives Neither Fish Nor Flesh neither fish nor fowl neither fish nor fowl neither fish nor fowl neither fish nor fowl neither fish nor fowl nor good red herring neither fish nor fowl nor good red herring neither fish nor fowl nor good red herring Neither head nor tail neither here nor there neither here nor there neither here nor there Neither Inactivation nor Afterpotential C neither more nor less neither rhyme nor reason Neiti NEITL Neito NEITS Neitunarvald Neitunarvald Neitunarvald Neitunarvald Neitz Test of Color Vision Neitzche Neitzchse Neitzsche NEIU NEIUALG NEIV Neiva Neiva Neiva, Colombia Neiva, Colombia Neiva, Huila Neiva, Huila Neivert whittler Neivo-Rudianka Neivo-Shaitanskii NEIW NEIWH NEIWPCC NEIYA NEJ NEJA

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