open sesame
/ˌəʊpən ˈsɛsəmi
/noun
A free or unrestricted means of admission or access: academic success is not an automatic open sesame to the job market
Origin
Early 18th century: from the magic formula in the tale of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (see Ali Baba).
- emergi-center
- emergicenter
- emergicentre
- emerita
- emeritus
- radioiodine
- radioise
- radioisotope
- radioisotopic
- radioisotopically
- radioize
- radio jock
- radio jockey
- radiolabel
- radiolabelled
- radioland
- radiolaria
- radiolarian
- radiolarian chert
- radiolarian earth
- radiolarian ooze
- radiolarite
- radiole
- radiolead
- radioless