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
Fareeha-Arabic, Urdu
AgnesAG-nəs (English), AHK-nes (German), AHKH-nəs (Dutch), AHNG-nes (Swedish)English, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Utu-Near Eastern Mythology
Niv-Hebrew
Jehoshaphatji-HAHSH-ə-fat (English), jee-HAHSH-ə-fat (English)Biblical
Ane (2)-Frisian