2006-06-13 14:49:05 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
it means to see something for what it is. nothing more, nothing less.
2006-06-13 14:52:44 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means that you shouldn't look any deeper for a meaning. The opposite would be to "read between the lines".
Ex: If you are out at a bar and a beautiful girl is eying you from across the room you can either
"take it at face value"- she is just looking, maybe not even at you exactly, but it is nothing more than that... and you would just ignore it because it means nothing....
or you could "read between the lines"- she is looking at you because she is interested in you, and would like to meet you. then you would go over and buy her a drink and chat with her because her looking at you is more than just her looking at you.
2006-06-13 18:02:01 · answer #2 · answered by alexandria 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To not try and read anything into something. If someone tells you they think you are pretty and tell you to take that at face value - then they are telling you that you are pretty - nothing more and nothing less.
2006-06-13 14:53:07 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It means to accept something for what it is.
Comes, I believe, from post-Civil War days
when confederate-printed money was no good,
but some kind people would take it at face value-
that is, they would give you
American money for confederate dollars.
2006-06-13 14:59:14 · answer #4 · answered by ladders_to_fire 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To believe or not to believe depending on the source.
Ex: The con man says the antique plate is worth 2,000$
The antique appraiser says the plate is worth 2$
2006-06-13 15:19:43 · answer #5 · answered by pirate 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To accept at its apparent value, to believe it to be without pretence or facade. To accept that a thing is what is seems to be, rather than presenting a 'false face' .
2006-06-13 14:57:03 · answer #6 · answered by kill_yr_television 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means to take it for exactly what it is. Don't read anything more into it.
2006-06-13 15:45:51 · answer #7 · answered by mjcat 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To accept that something is exactly as it appears to be, without hidden meanings.
2006-06-13 14:55:08 · answer #8 · answered by punslinger1960 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To not know much about something but to trust it to be genuine with the little information you have.
2006-06-13 14:53:35 · answer #9 · answered by Lawrence M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means "what you see is what you get.." Don't try to get too deep or figure it out.
2006-06-13 14:59:04 · answer #10 · answered by chloe_cumbow 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What you see is what you get. Nothing more nothing less. In other words - what you see is exact with nothing added.
2006-06-13 14:56:37 · answer #11 · answered by Badeye 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋