put all your eggs in one basket
Say it: put all your eggs in one BAS-kit /ˌpʊt ˌɔːl jɔːr ˈɛɡz ɪn ˌwʌn ˈbɑːskɪt/ · idiom
What “put all your eggs in one basket” means
Risk everything on one plan or option.
More precisely: To risk everything on a single plan, investment or option.
Example: “Don't put all your eggs in one basket: apply to more than one job.”
When to use it
In everyday conversation, usually as a warning against depending entirely on one opportunity, plan or investment.
Similar words
go all in, stake everything on
Quick check
You spend your entire savings on one business idea, keeping nothing aside and making no backup plan. Which phrase describes this?
back the wrong horse or put all your eggs in one basket?
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put all your eggs in one basket
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