rhyme or reason

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rhyme or reason - A phrase derived from French ni rime ni raison.

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futile pointless rhyme sense senseless			And then, without rhyme or reason, all sceptical, my mind flew back to a small biographical note in the red-bound Who's Who, and I said to myself, "She was born in Cambridge, and she is twenty-seven years old. The Sea Wolf by London, Jack View in context They were in a hurry enough to start us, and now here we stand in the middle of a field without rhyme or reason. War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context Everyone had some defect, of body or of mind: he thought of all the people he had known (the whole world was like a sick-house, and there was no rhyme or reason in it), he saw a long procession, deformed in body and warped in mind, some with illness of the flesh, weak hearts or weak lungs, and some with illness of the spirit, languor of will, or a craving for liquor. Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context			Rhubarby rhumb rhumb line rhumba rhumbatron rhus Rhus aromatica Rhus copallina Rhus dermatitis Rhus diversiloba Rhus glabra Rhus laurina Rhus ovata Rhus quercifolia Rhus radicans Rhus rhodanthema Rhus toxicodenedron Rhus trilobata Rhus typhina Rhus verniciflua Rhus vernix Rhusma Rhyacotriton Rhyacotriton olympicus rhyme rhyme or reason rhyme royal rhyme scheme rhymed Rhymeless rhymer Rhymery rhymester Rhymic rhyming rhyming slang Rhymist Rhynchobdellea Rhynchocephala Rhynchocephalia rhynchocephalian Rhynchocoela Rhynchoelaps Rhynchoelaps australis Rhyncholite Rhynchonella Rhynchophora rhynchophore Rhynchota Rhyncostylis Rhynia			RHWS RHWT RHWUD RHWW RHX RHY RHY MIS RHYA rhyacolite Rhyacotriton Rhyacotriton olympicus RHYC Rhyd-lydan Rhyd-lydan Rhyd-uchaf Rhyd-uchaf Rhyd-y-foel Rhyd-y-foel Rhyd-y-groes Rhyd-y-groes Rhyd-y-meirch Rhyd-y-meirch Rhyd-yr-onnen Rhyd-yr-onnen Rhyl Rhyl Youth Action Group rhyme rhyme rhyme rhyme rhyme or reason rhyme royal Rhyme royale rhyme scheme rhyme schemes rhyme with Rhyme.Over.Krime rhymed rhymed rhymed rhymeless rhymer rhymer rhymers rhymers Rhymery rhymes rhymes rhymes Rhymes Equal Actual Life Rhymes Equal Actual Life in the Youth Rhymesayers Entertainment rhymester rhymester rhymesters rhymesters Rhymic rhyming rhyming rhyming Rhyming couplet

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