A purpose in doing something that is seemingly crazy
There’s a reason for someone’s strange behavior
There’s a plan behind the odd behavior of a person
You may be thinking that I have gone crazy, but there’s a method to my madness.
They have a crazy schedule but taking all things into account, there’s a method to their madness.
When she’s working on her painting, it would seem that she’s out of her mind, but when she finishes, you’ll see that there’s a method in her madness.
The way the houses were built seemed strange, but when we heard of the natural calamities affecting the region, we realized there was a method to the madness.
These are turbulent times, but it must come to an end sometime. There must be some method to this madness.
They are selling it at a throwaway price, but they have a plan to recover their money. There’s a method to their madness.
He used to live a chaotic life, but later we realized that there was a method in his madness.
He keeps talking to himself loudly, but he insists there is a method in his madness.
There is no origin for this idiom
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