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

• 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。
• Brian: Day job? I'm a singer. This is my job.
  布莱恩：正职？我是歌手，这份是我的工作。
• It is just part of their day job.
  相关审查只不过是他们日常工作的一部分而已。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Dream, but don't quit your day job.
  你可作白日梦，但也要做白日工。
• Don't give up your day job.
  不要放弃你的白天正式工作。