take (something) for gospel

take (something) for gospel

To believe that something is absolutely true without any hesitation or reservations. When we're growing up, we take what our parents tell us for gospel. That's part of why teenagers are so rebellious, because they're just starting to realize their parents' fallibility. The beloved professor's opinions on the author are taken for gospel by his students.
See also: gospel, take
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • take (something) as (the) gospel truth
  • take (something) as gospel
  • take (something) for (the) gospel truth
  • take as gospel
  • take something as gospel
  • take something as/for gospel/gospel truth
  • accept (something) as gospel
  • accepted
  • gospel
  • make certain of (something)