neither or reason

neither or reason
neither/no rhyme nor/or reason Am 1. без видимых причин; ни с того, ни с сего

I don't know what makes her behave like that. There's no rhyme or reason to it.

Sometimes I still get so depressed. There's no rhyme or reason for why all these awful thing have happened.

2. ни складу, ни ладу; ни уму, ни сердцу; бессмысленно

This memo has no rhyme or reason.

People who sent in poems might be told there was neither rhyme nor reason in them.


Англо-русский словарь идиом и фразовых глаголов. 2013.

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