day job
英 [ˈdeɪ dʒɒb]
美 [ˈdeɪ dʒɑːb]
n. 日常的有薪工作; (白天的)正职
习惯用语
n.
- don't give up the day job
- 别放弃白天的正职（别放弃老本行去尝试没有把握的新事物）
used to tell sb that they should continue doing what they are used to, rather than trying sth new which they are likely to fail at - So you want to be a writer? Well my advice is, don't give up the day job.
这么说你想成为一个作家了？得了，我劝你不要放弃老本行。
牛津词典
noun
- 日常的有薪工作；（白天的）正职
the paid work that sb normally does
柯林斯词典
- PHRASE 不要放弃正职
If someone tells younot to give up the day job, they are saying that they think you should continue doing what you are good at, rather than trying something new which they think you will fail at.- It's a kind way of telling aspiring novelists, 'Don't give up the day job'.
这是劝诫立志成为小说家者“不要丢了正业”的一种温和方式。
- It's a kind way of telling aspiring novelists, 'Don't give up the day job'.
双语例句
- And my day job is that I study ancient Greek tragedy and then try to teach it to undergraduates.
白天我研习古希腊悲剧，晚上把这些教给本科生。 - When he was seven months old, I returned to my day job, working part-time.
他七个月大的时候，我找了一份兼职，又开始正常的白班工作。 - Partly it is because my dream is an addition to what I do already: I have not given up the day job.
部分原因在于，我的梦想是我所做事情的附加品：我没有放弃我的日常工作。 - Career is not just your day job anymore& career is how you spend all your time.
职业生涯不只是你的日常工作了职业生涯是如何，你都用你的时间。 - It is the main area of responsibility in your day job.
这也是在你日常工作中最主要的部分。 - Trying lots of different things, while holding on to his day job, led him to come up with a formula: every skill you acquire doubles your chances of success.
亚当斯尝试了很多不同的事物，同时不放弃自己的日常工作，这使他得出了一则公式：你获得的每一种技能可以让你成功的机会增加一倍。 - It's a kind way of telling aspiring novelists, 'Don't give up the day job'.
这是劝诫立志成为小说家者“不要丢了正业”的一种温和方式。 - Getting it down in words was very hard, even though I considered the act of explanation my day job.
即便我想用文字解释我日常的工作都很难。 - Of course, I have a day job too.
当然，我也有日常工作。 - I want to do my day job on my beautiful toys.
我想用我那些精致的小玩意工作。