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Madhulk Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary

Stick to your night job...

Detective: The infamous blur.
Lois: You might want to stick to your night job, (Mind your business?) detective.
Graffiti's not exactly the red-blue blur's style.
  

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Hi, I don't know, without some context. 'Better not give up your day job' means, more or less, you are doing something that you are not qualifed for, that you will never be successful at, that will never become your main occupation. Possibly it's a play on that phrase.

— Clive

  • Hi, I don't know, without some context.
  • 'Better not give up your day job' means, more or less, you are doing something that you are not qualifed for, that you will never be successful at, that will never become your main occupation.
  • Possibly it's a play on that phrase.
  • Clive
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Hi,

I don't know, without some context.

'Better not give up your day job' means, more or less, you are doing something that you are not qualifed for, that you will never be successful at, that will never become your main occupation.

Possibly it's a play on that phrase.

Clive
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Clark Kent saves a monorail from being totally smashed to pieces.
And then Lois Lane goes to take a look inside the monorail and sees a detective
who looks at the Superman symbol that is left on the wall of the monorail.
So is Lois saying the detective has made a mistake or perhaps this job doesn't suit him?
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Hi,

Well, the context suggests your interpretation is right, but I don't understand why she uses that expression. I'd still say 'Better not give up your day job'.

Clive
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