英语俚语天天说 第347期:"Don't give up your day job"别误会

 

Don't give up the day job!

浪别人时间了。

认为对方做某事不在行

A: Hey. What do think of my acting¹? I’m gonna be a famous actor.

嘿，你觉得我演技咋样？我会成为一个明星！

B: Well, don’t give up the day job!

额，别浪费时间了。

 

Be out of a job 失业，没有工作

He’s been out of a job for 6 months and is very anxious about it.

他失业已经半年了，很焦虑。

 

Nose job 鼻子整形手术，隆鼻

I don’t want a nose job. What I got is good enough.

我不需要隆鼻手术。现在就很好看啊。

 

[英] It's more than my job's worth.

这样做我工作可就没了。

Look, I wish I could pull some strings² to get you a job here, but it's more than my job's worth.

听着，我希望可以托关系在这给你找份工作，但我这样做工作可就没了啊。

 

The man for the job 合适的人选

We need someone to manage the sales department and we think you’re man for the job.

我们需要有人去管理销售部。我们觉得你是合适人选。

1 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。

2 strings   

n.弦

参考例句：

• He sat on the bed,idly plucking the strings of his guitar.他坐在床上，随意地拨着吉他的弦。
• She swept her fingers over the strings of the harp.她用手指划过竖琴的琴弦。