A otra cosa mariposa. Do you know what it means?

Question

A otra cosa mariposa is a very common Spanish phrase. Can you guess what it means and share it with the forum?

Here's an example of usage:

Venga, Pedro. A otra cosa Mariposa.

Answer 1

Creo que se puede utilizar como pasar página. Por ejemplo un hombre que no puede dejar de pensar en su ex que lo dejó hace un año. Ya es hora de pasar página, a otra cosa mariposa.

Por lo menos esa es la impresión que me da el pie de tu foto

Me gusta tu interpretación. - francobollo, Jan 11, 2013

Yes, you get my vote. - annierats, Jan 11, 2013

I like this one too. - rogspax, Jan 11, 2013

Answer 2

Maybe something like.

Flit on to the next thing. This one is over.

or simply

Move on.

Vas bien. - francobollo, Jan 11, 2013

Answer 3

Something like; let it go by, leave it alone??

¡Caliente, caliente! - francobollo, Jan 11, 2013

Answer 4

No way Jose ???

Nice try, Ian! - francobollo, Jan 11, 2013

But save that line and put it with today's phrase and you'll have an awesome start to a poem, a Spanglish poem. - katydew, Jan 11, 2013

Answer 5

when you have to do a lot of diferent things, you have finished one of them so you have to start with the next one, maybe completely diferent. So can say,

He terminado de hacer los deberes del colegio y ahora tengo que hacer la comida para mañana. Yo puedo decirme a mi mismo. ! Ahora a otra cosa mariposa.!

Sí, pero no es el significado que estoy buscando. - francobollo, Jan 11, 2013

Answer 6

Can we talk about something else?

Eso, eso. - francobollo, Jan 11, 2013

Nice job! - rogspax, Jan 12, 2013

Answer 7

Could it be that it takes two people to be in a relationship? Maybe one loves and one doesn't for one reason or another. You need to deal with reality and move on.

that´s the direction I¨m leaning too. Move on! - rogspax, Jan 11, 2013

You cannot make someone love you. It's time to say goodbye/ - pmikan-pam, Jan 11, 2013

Move on is close, but not because of a break up. - francobollo, Jan 11, 2013

Answer 8

Is it like the poem? If you love something you need to set it free, if it comes back it is yours but if it doesn't it was never meant to be. ¿Es como el poema? Si te gusta algo que usted necesita para libre, si vuelve es tuyo, pero si no lo hace nunca fue destinado a ser.

Yes, but that sounds a bit like beating around the bush for this particular phrase. - francobollo, Jan 11, 2013

Answer 9

My guess:
Okay, let's talk of something else now. Change of subject, please! (as this one is too confronting, difficult, vulgar, ....).

Vas bien, vas bien. - francobollo, Jan 11, 2013

Answer 10

I think it has little or even nothing to do with something sentimental etc. Forming part of an informal context in a conversation, you just want to slip from one subject to another, probably because you believe that there's nothing more to say or add.

Muy bien. - francobollo, Jan 12, 2013

Answer 11

My guess is: let's move on.

Buena! - francobollo, Jan 12, 2013

Answer 12

There is more to do today, let's get on to the next thing.

¡Caliente, caliente! - francobollo, Jan 11, 2013

Yes! - katydew, Jan 11, 2013

All good things must come to an end? - katydew, Jan 11, 2013

Answer 13

Could it be? It is time to say goodbye to all the good times we have had, all the things we used to do and hold dear. At least we tried to make our love come back, we will always care for each other, but it's time to say goodbye.

Nope. Not as dramatic as that, my dear friend. - francobollo, Jan 11, 2013

Answer 14

I see it as a reference to metamorphosis.

Deep. But not quite. - francobollo, Jan 11, 2013