He was tired of Annie getting sidetracked.

他对安妮不务正业的做法感到生气。

Oh Rob, perhaps you should give up the day job as well.

哦，罗布，也许也应该放弃正业。

I wouldn't give up the day job you're never going to be an actor!

我不会放弃我的正业，永远不会成演员的！

His father drinks, but does not work, and his family suffers from hunger.

他父亲一味喝酒，不务正业，一家都所苦。

I didn't know you were an artist. - Oh, I was just...I'm fooling around.

我不知道是个艺术家。- 我只是不务正业地瞎弄。

They shun books with naughty or frivolous children, or where youngsters outsmart their elders.

他们不会出版那些关于淘气或者不务正业的孩子的书籍，以及那些描述孩子的智慧超过大人的书籍。

Oh, I was just-- I'm fooling around.

我只是不务正业地瞎弄。

DOD friend of mine said this guy's a total nutjob.

国防部的哥们说这人完全不务正业。

Moving to the white suburbs has made you soft.

我们搬到白人区以后变得越来越不务正业了。

Do you really want to be a writer? I've read your first book and my advice is 'don't give up the day job'!

真的想当作家吗？我看过写的第一本书，我的建议是“不要丢了正业”！

I'm doing it with guilt, because I'm in the middle of the editing of the magazine number six. I shouldn't be doing this.

我这么做有些心虚，因我正在编辑Number 6杂志。不应该不务正业。

O'malley... - I don't know - O'Malley - if it's possible to quit a thing that isn't even a real thing, but I do.

我不知道如果能退出这个不算正业的职务。

So 'don't give up the day job' means you should continue doing your normal job, rather than trying to turn your hobby into a career. So Rob, have you got the message?

所以这个短语的意思是应该继续做的正业，而不是试图把兴趣当作职业。所以罗布，明白了吗？