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Czech beer expressions
Evan Rail, beer author and journalist in the Czech Republic, recently shared some Czech beer expressions.
…[M]ost Czech beer expressions — usually in the form of rhyming two-liners — are unknown outside of the country. Nearly every pub here is decorated with the traditional brewer’s greeting, Dej Bůh štěstí, or “God give happiness.” But there are many more…
Some of these are pure poetry. My favorite:
Teprve pivo udělá žízeň krásnou.
Only with beer does thirst become beautiful.
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