(a job) is not all (something). (sentence)
Use this construction to correct people's incorrect ideas about a job or activity.
You first describe what people sometimes think about the subject. Then you tell the more complete story. For example:
Sales is not all fancy power lunches and business meetings. We put up with a lot of rejections.
Being a police officer is not all chasing down bad guys and solving cases. A lot of our work involves doing paperwork, riding around the city, dealing with traffic accidents...
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