English Dictionary

there is reason in the roasting of eggs

ことわざ

There is a reason behind even the most odd and seemingly unnecessary action.

日本語の意味

一見無駄に見える行動や不必要と思える行いにも、必ずそれなりの理由や意図があるという意味です。 / どんなに奇妙で不必要に思える行動にも、必ず意味のある背景や理由があるという警句です。

When my grandmother started rearranging the furniture at midnight, she just smiled and said, 'there is reason in the roasting of eggs.'

祖母が真夜中に家具を動かし始めたとき、祖母はにっこり笑って『どんな奇妙で一見無駄に見える行動にも理由があるものだ』と言った。

意味（1）

There is a reason behind even the most odd and seemingly unnecessary action.

There is reason, it is said, in the roasting of eggs, and there is philosophy even in furniture—a philosophy nevertheless which seems to be more imperfectly understood by Americans than by any civilized nation upon the face of the earth.