What does method to my madness mean?
Idiom Meaning:
having a purpose or goal despite appearing disorganized
Examples of this Idiom in Movies & TV Shows:
Glee “Special Education” (2010)
Time of Scene:
Will Schuester: Kurt’s gone, and he’s never coming back. We need a twelfth member. Now, I always go to Rachel and Finn in these situations, but you might be the most well-known kid in this entire school.
Noah ‘Puck’ Puckerman: There’s a method to my madness.
Will Schuester: I want you to use that madness to recruit a new member. Glee needs you to be its ambassador.
Noah ‘Puck’ Puckerman: More like its am-bad-ass-ador.
M*A*S*H* “None Like It Hot” (1978)
Time of Scene:
Cpl. Maxwell Klinger: Sir, you’re looking at a man who’s slowly killing himself, and I must warn you, it’s no thrill to behold.
Col. Sherman Potter: Not today Klinger, I’m very close to my boiling point.
Radar: Klinger, you smell like the raccoon that died under our house.
Col. Sherman Potter: There’s a method to my madness, O Short One of the Open Pores.
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