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
- It's safer to stay at your day job.
停留在你现在的工作上比较安全。 - If that's a problem, keep your day job.
如果你有工作动力问题,还是继续打工吧。 - 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。 - I won't quit my day job.
我不会放弃白天的工作的。 - 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。 - Be authorized to arrange the employee's day to day job task.
经授权安排员工日常的工作任务。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。