Be without rhyme or reason
Have no rhyme nor reason / Cannot make head or tail of something
Non stare né in cielo né in terra
Essere senza senso / Non avere senso
Have no rhyme nor reason / Cannot make head or tail of something
Non stare né in cielo né in terra
Essere senza senso / Non avere senso
Meanings
Fig.: to be utter nonsense; not make sense at all
Examples
It's a ridiculous argument: there's no rhyme or reason to it. How can you say things like that!
È un ragionamento che non sta in cielo né in terra. Come fai a ragionare così!I'm telling you the guy is crazy. There's no rhyme or reason in what Paul is attempting to do and he's going to ruin his own life
Credimi! Paolo è pazzo. Quello che sta cercando di fare non sta né in cielo né in terra e si rovinerà la vitaWhat you just said has no rhyme or reason. I don't know why you would make such a ridiculous suggestion
Quello che hai detto non ha senso: non capisco come tu possa proporre qualcosa di tanto ridicoloOrigin
The author of a worthless volume took it to Sir Thomas Moore (Henry VIII's chancellor between 1529 and 1532), who told him to turn into verse. When this had been done, Moore noted the improvement by saying: “That will do. 'Tis rhyme now; before it was neither rhyme nor reason”