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Re: There's method in his madness
I really like this one
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Re: There's method in his madness
I prefer to say it the way Shakespeare did: "Though this seems madness, yet there is method in't" (more blank stares though
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Re: There's method in his madness
I have seen a slight variation to this one in the US -
There is method TO his madness ("to" instead of "in").
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Re: There's method in his madness
I'll add it to the definition.
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Re: There's method in his madness
"A method to his madness" is the phrase I have always heard.
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Re: There's method in his madness
I've heard it for the first time so ı am addin' it into my memory ;)
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ı have heard it for the first time...but now ı learnt it..
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Re: There's method in his madness
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As a very methodical person I prefer to be mad and methodical than otherwise!
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Re: There's method in his madness
It's not easy to understand the definition of the link above , they "manage to get the result" (-cite) , what does it mean ?
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