the benefit of the doubt (ザ ベネフィット オブ ザ ダウト)

Idiom Communication

意味

to believe someone even if you are not sure they are telling the truth

誰かが真実を言っているか確信がなくても、信じること (da-re-ka ga shin-jitsu o it-te iru ka kakushin ga na-ku-te-mo, shin-ji-ru ko-to)

例文

"I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt and believe his story."

"彼に疑いの余地を与え、彼の話を信じます。" (ka-re ni u-ta-ga-i no yo-chi o a-ta-e, ka-re no ha-na-shi o shin-ji-masu)