without rhyme or reason

See: RHYME OR REASON.

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rhyme or reason

[rhyme or reason] {n. phr.} A good plan or reason; a reasonable purpose or explanation. - Used in negative, interrogative, or conditional sentences. * /Don could see no rhyme or […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

neither rhyme nor reason

[neither rhyme nor reason] {n. phr.} No emotional or intellectual substance. * /As far as I am concerned, his proposal makes no sense; it has neither rhyme nor reason./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

reason

[reason] See: [IN REASON], [LISTEN TO REASON], [RHYME OR REASON], [STAND TO REASON], [WITHIN REASON]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[с бухты-барахты] {adv. phr.} {colloquial} {slang} [s `buhtyi-ba`rahtyi] Offhand; off the cuff; suddenly; without rhyme or reason. * /Чего ты примчался как с бухты-барахты? - Why have you come tearing […] www.sky-net-eye.com

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