Meaning of rhyme or reason | Babel Free

Definitions

Logic; common sense.

idiomatic, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Prices vary considerably from one town to another with no apparent rhyme or reason.”

“He would often fly into an unexpected rage without rhyme or reason.”

“I could see no rhyme or reason for the referee's decision. It was baffling!”

“While many of your essays were interesting, some seemed little more than self-promotion on the part of authors. I wished there had been a central essay to anchor the others or some kind of discernable rhyme or reason to their placement. As it was, I could not help but feel that it was a mish-mash of unrelated and poorly edited information.”

CEFR level