the coast is clear
“Cuando estemos seguros que no hay moros en la costa, tú te vistes de mensajero, llegas en la moto con tu casco a la hora de comer del portero, un sábado, […]” — When we're sure the coast is clear, you dress up like a messenger, you arrive on your motorcycle with your helmet at the porter's mealtime, a saturday, […]
Literally, “there are no Moors at the coast”. The origin of this phrase comes from a time where the Moors, inhabitants of Morocco, used to invade from the sea and sack coastal villages in Spain. The phrase means that there are no Moors at the coast, which generally meant that there are no problems coming our way. In Cuba though,”Hay Moros en la costa” (There are Moors on the coast), is to alert someone that there are children present and adult conversations should not occur.