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
&Aelig;Lfswi&Thorn;-Anglo-Saxon
Mariette-French
Aldith-Medieval English
Philemonfi-LEE-mən (English), fie-LEE-mən (English)Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Farris['færis]
PaŠKal-Croatian (Rare)