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
Kjellfrid-Norwegian
&Thorn;ÓRhildr-Ancient Scandinavian
Ballinger['bælindʒə]
Orso-Italian
Hamid (2)-Arabic, Persian
MistiMIS-teeEnglish