英语词汇open sesame的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	open sesame
词源	open sesame! Ali Baba, of course, overheard the robbers use these magic words to open the door of their cave of riches in the tale of “The Forty Thieves” from the Arabian Nights. Sesame is a common herb producing an oily seed long important in cooking and soapmaking in the lands of the Arabian Nights, so its use by the robbers is logical. If sesame is also a laxative, as several reference books say, then the thieves were also remark- able punsters.
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