at face value, take
take (someone or something) at face value
To accept or trust someone or something based only on an initial or superficial presentation, without taking further proof, verification, or investigation into account. I've learned never to take corporate PR statements at face value. It's hard to take Jeff at face value when he's been caught lying in the past.
See also: face, take, value
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
at face value, take
Accept from its outward appearance, as in You can't always take a manufacturer's advertisements at face value; they're bound to exaggerate . Literally this idiom has referred to the monetary value printed on a bank note, stock certificate, bond, or other financial instrument since the 1870s. The figurative usage is from the late 1800s.
See also: face, take
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
- take (someone or something) at face value
- take at face value
- take somebody/something at face value
- absent (oneself) from (someone or something)
- absent oneself from
- judge a book by its cover, one can't
- not judge a book by its cover
- put lipstick on a pig
- lipstick
- lipstick on a pig