open sesame

Respect could mean an open sesame to the rights women are fighting for.

In medieval days you gave a fellow a signet ring as a sort of open sesame.

It was clear that "open sesame" was not a familiar saying in France.

They have been told repeatedly that a college degree is an open sesame to the global economy.

Jim Europe was the living open sesame to the colored porters of this city.

One aspect after another yields to the open sesame of the envy theory.

"The genome is not an open sesame in itself," he said.

Then, with a metallic unsnapping of locks, the lid would lift - open sesame!

"The trick is the open sesame, the magic word, the skeleton key, the number of the safe," he said.