day job

noun

1. one's regular job and main source of income, usually viewed in contrast to a speculative or irregular endeavor:

   Good luck in the lottery, but don't quit your day job.

Example Sentences

Newsom isn’t waiting until his day job ends.

From Los Angeles Times

Green, in her day job, is a practicing mental health therapist.

From Los Angeles Times

But after running up a $145,000 debt on a European tour, he took a day job with Mercury Records in 1961, becoming the first African-American vice-president of a major record label.

From BBC

The quiz winner, who will be continuing with her day job, said she planned to buy the players football kits and equipment as well as throw them a Christmas party.

From BBC

Jones was still working at his “day job” as a gas station attendant when he released his first album with Kapp, and was delighted when one day, while washing a customer’s windshield, he heard his song playing on the radio.

From Los Angeles Times