all one's eggs in one basket

all one's eggs in one basket
a) The state of having invested heavily in just one area

the stock market decline wouldn’t have hurt him so badly if he hadn’t had all his eggs in one basket

b) The state of having devoted all of one’s resources to one thing

at his age he will not get another shot; he really has all his eggs in this one basket


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  • all your eggs in one basket — depending on one plan or one investment, hedge your bets    If you invest all your money in one hotel, you ll have all your eggs in one basket …   English idioms

  • put all your eggs in one basket — phrase to depend completely on just one idea, plan, or person so that you have no other possibilities if things go wrong The basic advice with investment is don’t put all your eggs in one basket. Thesaurus: to depend on or trust someone or… …   Useful english dictionary

  • put all your eggs in one basket — put all (your) eggs in one basket to risk losing everything by putting all your efforts or all your money into one plan or one course of action. If you re going to invest the money, my advice would be don t put all your eggs in one basket …   New idioms dictionary

  • put all your eggs in one basket — If you put all your eggs in one basket, you risk everything on a single opportunity which, like eggs breaking, could go wrong …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • put all your eggs in one basket —    If you put all your eggs in one basket, you risk everything on a single opportunity which, like eggs breaking, could go wrong.   (Dorking School Dictionary) …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • Put all your eggs in one basket —   If you put all your eggs in one basket, you risk everything on a single opportunity which, like eggs breaking, could go wrong …   Dictionary of English idioms

  • put all your eggs in one basket — to depend completely on just one idea, plan, or person so that you have no other possibilities if things go wrong The basic advice with investment is don t put all your eggs in one basket …   English dictionary

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