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Welcome to another edition of SoundCzech in which you can learn useful phrases with the help of song lyrics. Today’s song is by the current teenage idol Ewa Farna and is called Z bláta do louže – which coincidentally is the phrase to listen out for.

Hello and 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 Gilotina by singer songwriter Karel Plíhal. The phrase to look out for is “zamilovat se bezhlavě”:

Hello and 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 S cizí ženou v cizím pokoji and the phrase to look out for is “nejsem ve své kůži”:

Hello and welcome to this week’s edition of SoundCzech, Radio Prague’s Czech language series in which you have a chance to learn some interesting phrases through songs lyrics. Today’s song Tichá domácnost, or “Quiet Household”, comes from a 1995 album, of the same name, by the Eben Brothers, and features Iva Bittová. The phrase to listen for is “je pozdě honit bycha”.

Welcome to SoundCzech, our language course in which where we look at Czech expressions through song lyrics. In today’s edition, we look at the expression “nervy nadranc”, which means having nerves that are completely shot. The song is by Hana Zagorová and is called Spěchám from the verb “spěchat” – which means to hurry or rush. In Hana Zagorová’s case: getting nowhere fast.

Welcome to SoundCzech RPs Czech language course in which you can learn new phrases with the help of song lyrics. Today’s song is sung by Helena Vondráčková – it is called “Thanks for being you" and the phrase, or rather the two phrases, to listen out for are: “Já v tom plavu, já v tom lítám” – “I’m swimming in it, I’m flying in it”.

Hello and welcome to another edition of Sound Czech –Radio Prague’s Czech language programme which helps you learn idioms through song lyrics. Today, we’ll be listening to a song by the legendary duo Jiří Suchý and Jiří Šlitr called “Pramínek vlasů”, which translates as “A Lock of Hair”. The phrase to listen out for is “je totiž neděle a mám dost času”.

Hello and 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 legendary 1969 song by Helena Vondráčková called Přejdi Jordán. The phrase to listen out for is “vezmi nohy na ramena”.

Welcome to SoundCzech, the programme in which listeners can learn about the Czech language through song lyrics. In this week’s edition, we look at an unusual, but common Czech phrase – “ani tak.” This phrase is used considerably in the song Ani tak nehoří from the cult 1978 Czech musical Balada pro banditu.

Welcome to a SoundCzech – in which listeners can learn about the Czech language through song lyrics. In today’s edition, the simile “jako zmoklá slepice” which translated literally means “like a soaked hen”. The phrase was used in a famous song called Strejček Hlad (Uncle Hunger). The original lyrics were written by the great Jan Werich and performed by Werich and Jiří Voskovec.