on faith, take it



on faith, take it

Trust, accept without proof, as in I have no firm evidence that Bob's responsible for the errors-you'll just have to take it on faith . This idiom employs faith in the sense of "belief or confidence in something," a usage dating from about 1300.
See also: on, take

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Lalitha-Tamil, Indian, Malayalam, Telugu
Abd Al-Hamid-Arabic
AmalricAM-əl-rik (English), ə-MAL-rik (English)Ancient Germanic
RheaREE-ə (English)Greek Mythology (Latinized), Roman Mythology
Leonard['lenəd]
Sarava-Various