What does estar en Babia mean?

ExpressionColoquial

to be miles away

Babia is a district of León, and the story goes that kings used to retreat there to rest: whoever was in Babia was not governing. Today it simply means having your head somewhere else. It has sisters: estar en la higuera, estar empanado.

Perdona, estaba en Babia, ¿qué me decías?
An apology for not having listened at all.

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