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
- 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。 - 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。 - Notch quit his day job and founded a studio, mojang, which now employs over 30 people.
切口先生辞掉了工作，创办了一个叫Mojang的工作室，现在它已经有了30多个员工。 - 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。 - Besides, if you are an investment banker, you already know all about price manipulation, brand hype and market panic from your day job.
不过，如果你是一位投资银行家，在日常工作中就应该已经对价格操纵、品牌造势和市场恐慌了如指掌。 - Of course, I have a day job too.
当然，我也有日常工作。 - I quit in 2006, and went back to my old day job of journalism.
我在2006年辞去了这份工作，回到传媒业干老本行。 - Like the others, his main reason for attending the training session is to help his day job.
米德沃斯来上这门课的主要原因与其他人一样，都是为了方便自己的日常工作。 - Eventually he managed to line up a few retailers to stock the loom, and quit his day job.
终于，吴昌俊说服了几家零售商购买彩虹织机，然后他辞去了工作。 - 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。