"Don't quit your day job" (1985)

Michael Quinion wordseditor at WORLDWIDEWORDS.ORG
Tue Jun 7 09:24:57 UTC 2005


The British broadcaster Terry Wogan was using this back in the 1970s
(if not earlier) as a sarcastic comment on a band whose performance
he though inadequate. His formulation was "Don't give up the day
job".

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Michael Quinion
Editor, World Wide Words
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