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
Eulaliayoo-LAY-lee-ə (English)Spanish, Italian, English, Ancient Greek
Hideakihee-de-ah-keeJapanese
ŠImo-Croatian
Alba (1)AHL-bah (Italian, Spanish), AHL-bə (Catalan)Italian, Spanish, Catalan
FaitheFAYTHEnglish (Rare)
Amerigoah-me-REE-goItalian