open sesame

Etymology
From its use in ', translating in 's version of the  story in the ', possibly based on an oral  source.

Not, as some have purported, a corruption of Open, says me!.

Translations

 * Arabic: اِفْتَح يَا سِمْسِم
 * Azerbaijani: simsim, açıl
 * Catalan: obre't sèsam
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 芝麻開門
 * Mandarin: 芝麻開門
 * Czech: sezame, otevři se
 * Danish: sesam, luk dig op
 * Estonian: seesam avane
 * Finnish: seesam aukene
 * French:
 * German: Sesam, öffne dich
 * Hungarian: szezám, tárulj
 * Italian: apriti sesamo
 * Japanese: 開け胡麻, 開けゴマ
 * Macedonian: отво́ри се, се́заме
 * Persian: سسمی باز شو
 * Polish: Sezamie, otwórz się
 * Portuguese: abre-te sésamo
 * Russian: сеза́м, откро́йся, симси́м, откро́йся
 * Spanish: ábrete sésamo
 * Swedish: sesam, öppna dig!
 * Turkish: açıl susam, açıl susam açıl

Noun

 * 1) Any successful means of achieving a result, especially means that are magical or technical, or otherwise beyond the understanding of most people.

Translations

 * Finnish:, seesam
 * French:
 * Italian: chiave di volta
 * Turkish: açıl susam açıl