don't give up the day job
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used for telling someone that you do not think that they will be successful if they try to change their career
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don't give up the ˈday job idiom
(informal, humorous) 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
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So you want to be a writer? Well my advice is, don't give up the day job.
Useful english dictionary.
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