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don't give up your day job
Phrase
humorous
idiomatic
often
Japanese Meaning
（やや皮肉ながらも好意的な語調で）その分野でプロとして成功できるほどの才能がないので、本業を続けるべきだという意味。 / 特に音楽やパフォーマンスなど、生活費を支えるには不十分な才能に対し、冗談めかして「今の仕事を続けたほうがいい」という助言を表す表現。
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(idiomatic, often humorous) Somewhat sarcastic but usually good-natured advice used to criticise a person's degree of talent (especially in music or other performing arts), implying that he or she could not make a living from it.
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don't give up your day job
When she tried beatboxing at the party, everyone laughed and someone shouted, don't give up your day job
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When she tried beatboxing at the party, everyone laughed and someone shouted, don't give up your day job
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