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.
  1. 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。

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。
• 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。
• Nothing wrong with thinking about the future, but some enterprise architects have got a day job as well.
  思考将来没有错，但是某些企业架构师也已经找到了一份日常工作。
• You can continue to dance for fun, but separately from your day job.
  你可以继续为了兴趣跳舞，但是要把它和工作分开来。
• But as Zhang Ni discovers, preventing fires is more than just a one day job.
  但是正如ZhangNi发现的，防火不只是一天的工作。
• 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。
• 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。
• It's safer to stay at your day job.
  停留在你现在的工作上比较安全。
• Don't give up your day job.
  不要放弃你的白天正式工作。
• I won't quit my day job.
  我不会放弃白天的工作的。