simple past tense of give something up as a bad job

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of give something up as a bad job

present participle of give something up as a bad job

(idiomatic, often humorous) Somewhat sarcastic but usually good-natured advice used to criticise a person's degree of talent (especially in music or other performing arts), implying that he or she could not make a living from it.

(In particular Scotland, slang) Faeces; a piece of excrement. / (informal) Generic object, thing. / (UK, informal) A job, normally a task rather than a form of employment for which one is paid.

(slang) A person's job, when it is also the aforementioned individual's hobby. / Alternative spelling of jobbie

Lacking employment.

to harangue, to rebuke in a long-winded or drawn-out way

(archaic) One who works by the job (i.e. paid per individual piece of work) and/or recruits other people for such work.

plural of jobbie