day job
noun
A person’s regular job and main source of income, typically as contrasted with a more enjoyable occupation or hobby: he funds his films with money earned from his day job as a manager...
- Things have moved on rapidly since she gave up her day job as a teacher to pursue the business.
- All very well, but I'd rather save the excitement and effort for the day job.
- All this cartooning would really be a lot easier to do if I didn't have this crazy day job.
Phrases
don't give up the (or your) day job
- the dry heart
- the dust settles
- thee
- the early bird catches the worm
- the early hours
- the earth
- the earth moved (or did the earth move for you?)
- the East
- theeing
- psychorhythm
- psychoscope
- psychosensorial
- psychosensory
- psychosexual
- psychosexuality
- psychosexually
- psychosis
- psychosocial
- psychosocially
- psychosociological
- psychosociologist
- psychosociology
- psychosomatic
- psychosomatically
- psychosomaticist