- the paid work that somebody normally does
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Idioms
See day job in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionarydon’t give up the day job
- (informal, humorous) used to tell somebody that they should continue doing what they are used to, rather than trying something new that they are likely to fail at
- So you want to be a writer? Well my advice is, don't give up the day job.
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