pelar la pava

Etymology
lit. 'to pluck the turkey'. A 19th century legend from Seville claimed that a servant instructed to pluck a bird for dinner forgot her task as she started flirting with her lover by a window; when asked about her delay, she shouted she was plucking the turkey.

Verb

 * 1)  to flirt; to engage in courtship, especially by a window or a balcony
 * 2)  to gossip; to chitchat