rhyme or reason

Etymology
, attributed to the poet in a conversation with Queen Elizabeth I.

Noun

 * 1)  Logic; common sense.

Usage notes

 * Almost always used in a negative form, particularly with and, adverbially, . May also occur as rhyme nor reason, e.g. after neither.

Translations

 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * Galician: sen ton nin son
 * German: Sinn und Verstand
 * Italian: né capo né coda,  senza capo né coda
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ни скла́ду, ни ла́ду
 * Scottish Gaelic: gun ì, gun ò, gun adhbhar
 * Swedish: