Element Water. Opal is a stone of sympathy and compassion, pure thoughts and confidence. It is the most unpredictable stone, a symbol of ever-changing fortune. The name opal originated from Sanskrit upala which means jewel.Colors of Opal are very diverse (almost all colors of the spectrum).pal is a stone of sympathy and compassion, pure thoughts and confidence. It is the most unpredictable stone, a symbol of ever-changing fortune. The name opal originated from Sanskrit upala which means jewel. Colors of Opal are very diverse (almost all colors of the spectrum).
Quora User, Printbroker, financial printer, non-practising lawyer. 1  The English idiom bits and bobs means an assortment of things (usually small things), and articulates with the same meaning as the phrase bits and pieces.. 2  Bobs is probably a fossil word in a Siamese twins phrase.
Raring to. The idiom is usually written chomping at the bit, and some people consider this spelling wrong. But chomp can also mean to bite or chew noisily (though chomped things are often eaten, while champed things are not), so chomp at the bit means roughly the same as champ at the bit.