prendere per oro colato
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Literally, “to take for cast gold”.
Verb edit
prèndere per oro colato (first-person singular present prèndo per oro colato, first-person singular past historic prési per oro colato, past participle préso per oro colato, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive, idiomatic) to consider something to be undoubtedly truthful, especially when it is not