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Welcome to another edition of SoundCzech - Radio Prague's Czech language series in which you can learn idioms through song lyrics. Today, we'll be listening to a song called “Je to blázen” from a Czech musical called Hamlet. The phrase to listen out for is “mít o kolečko navíc”:

Welcome to this week’s edition of SoundCzech – Radio Prague’s Czech language programme in which you can learn interesting phrases through song lyrics. Today we will listen to a 1989 song entitled ‘Vysočany-Libeň’ written by singer and poet Jiří Dědeček but performed by an all-girl band called Panika. The phrase to listen for is ‘syn smrti’.

Today’s SoundCzech features a song called Mrholí by the bearded 1960s Czechoslovak pop star Waldemar Matuska; I first heard the cute but likable tune on the soundtrack of the nostalgic 1999 film Pelisky (Cosy Dens). Mrholí means it’s drizzling, or it’s misty. In the song the drizzle reflects the protagonist’s lovelorn sadness.

Welcome to SoundCzech, our Czech-language series through music. In this edition: slang used by young people to describe partying, slang any person in their late teens or early twenties who has ever gone clubbing or to a party in Prague will have used or come across. The song is by popular hip hop group Gipsy.cz.

Welcome to another edition of SoundCzech - Radio Prague's Czech language series in which you can learn idioms through song lyrics. Today, we'll be listening to a song called "Zivot je pes" by Pavel Sedlacek, which was very popular in the 1960s. The title of the song also happens to be the phrase we'll hear today.

Welcome to another edition of SoundCzech - Radio Prague's Czech language series in which you can learn idioms through song lyrics. Today, we'll be listening to a tune by one of the most popular Czech bands of the decade - Chinaski. The song's title is "Chatra", which means "the rabble" or "riff-raff" in Czech. And the phrase to listen out for is "pres to nejede vlak".

You're listening to SoundCzech - Radio Prague's weekly programme in which you can learn Czech idioms with the help of songs. Today we'll be listening to a song from the 1960s called "Léta dozrávání" or "Growing up" by the legendary duo Jiří Suchý and Jiří Šlitr. Today's featured phrase is "obnošená vesta".

You're listening to SoundCzech - Radio Prague's Czech language series in which you can learn Czech idioms through song lyrics. Today we'll be listening to a song from the 1960s called "Jezdim bez nehod" or "I drive without accidents" sung by the pop-star of the day Milan Chladil. Today's first featured phrase is "cestou necestou".

Hello, it's time again to learn a new Czech phrase with the help of a song. Today's tune is a 1960's duet "Motyl" (or Butterfly) written by hitmakers Jiri Suchy and Jiri Slitr for the legendary Semafor theatre. The stanza we will be listening to is sung by jazz trumpeter Jiri Jelinek. The phrase to listen out for is "vzit si neco do hlavy".

Welcome to another edition of Sound Czech in which you can learn Czech phrases with the help of song lyrics. Today's song is by a group called Wanastowi Vjeci and the name of the song is "Slecna Anna je za vodou" or "Miss Anna is over the water".