Meaning of NO RHYME OR REASON - A Really Short English Lesson with Subtitles
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When someone does something and there's no rhyme
or reason to it, it means that they don't
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do it in a logical way.
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They do it in a way that is not logical.
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In our house, in our kitchen when we do dishes,
when we are done washing the forks and spoons
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and knives they go in a drawer and every utensil
has its own spot.
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So we put the forks in one spot in the drawer.
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We put the spoons in another spot in the drawer,
and we put the knives in another spot.
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It's very orderly.
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It's very logical.
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But if you were to just throw all of the knives,
forks, and spoons into a drawer and mix them
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all up there would be no rhyme or reason to
how you are putting them in the drawer.
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So when something has no rhyme or reason it
means that it's not very orderly or logical.
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