on\ faith

on\ faith
adv. phr.
Without question or proof.

He said he was twenty-one years old and the employment agency took him on faith.

He looked so honest that we accepted his story on faith.


Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". . 1997.

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