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Welcome to another edition of Sound Czech - Radio Prague's Czech language series in which you can learn idioms through song lyrics. Today, we'll be listening to a tune by 1980s Czech rockers Katapult. The song's title is "trinacta komnata" which translates as "the thirteenth chamber". "Trinacta komnata" is also the phrase you should be listening out for:

Welcome to another edition of 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 "Az natahnu backory" by a popular Moravian band Mnaga a Zdorp, which also happens to be the phrase we will hear today:

Hello, it's time again to learn a new Czech idiom with the help of a song. Today's tune originally comes from a 1980 television fairy tale "Princove jsou na draka" or "Princes are no good" (there's another Czech idiom for you). It is full of catchy songs that are extremely popular with children to this day. One of them is "Statistika nuda je" or "Statistics is boring". The phrase we'll be paying special attention to is "neklesejte na mysli".

Today's SoundCzech features a scratchy old recording is of "Mozna, ze jo, ze ne", by the Joe Patek Orchestra, who played Czech dechovka music in Texas in the first half of the last century. The compilation the song comes from gives it the English title "Maybe Yes, Maybe No". "Mozna" means "maybe", "jo" is an informal affirmative similar to "yeah" in English ("ano is yes) and "ne" means "no".

You're listening to SoundCzech - Radio Prague's own Czech language series in which you can learn Czech idioms through song lyrics. Today's song is "Blues pro slusny lidi" or "Blues for decent people" by Czech singer, songwriter and lyricist Jiri Dedecek. It is featured on his 1995 album "Reprezentant luzy". The phrase to listen for is "s lidma uz je davno amen".

You are listening to SoundCzech, Radio Prague's own Czech language programme which explores Czech idioms through song lyrics. Today's featured song is "Nejlip jim bylo" which can be loosely translated as "Those were their best times", sung by the Moravian band Mnaga a Zdorp. The song is from their 1995 album "Ryzi zlato" or "Pure gold". The phrase we'll be paying special attention to is "necham si projit hlavou". Here is the song for you.

Welcome to another edition of Sound Czech - Radio Prague's Czech language series in which you can learn Czech idioms through song lyrics. Today we'll be listening to a song by the most famous of Czech crooners, Karel Gott. The song's title is "Srdce jako kámen", which translates as "Heart like a stone". Listen out for this phrase in the song's chorus.

Welcome to another edition of 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 written by a popular singer and songwriter Jaromir Nohavica, which is called Pisen spokojeneho cloveka - The contented man's song. The phrase to listen out for is: "jak prase v žite".

You are listening to SoundCzech, Radio Prague's original Czech language programme which explores Czech idioms through song lyrics. Today's featured song is "Cervena reka" or "Red River Valley" in the original, sung by Czech pop singer Helena Vondrackova. The phrase we'll be paying special attention to is "laska jako tram". Here is the song for you.

You're listening to Sound Czech - Radio Prague's Czech language series in which you can learn useful phrases through song lyrics. Today we'll be listening to the singer-songwriter Jan Spálený and his 1985 song called Asi v tom bude nějakej háček, which also happens to be the phrase we will hear today.