all one's eggs in one basket

all one's eggs in one basket

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Noun

all one's eggs in one basket pl (plural only)

1. (idiomatic) 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.

2. (idiomatic) The state of having devoted all of one’s resources to one thing.

   At his age, he won't get another shot; he really has all his eggs in this one basket.

Translations

the state of having invested in one area only

Danish: alt på ét kort, alt på ét bræt Finnish: kaikki munat samaan koriin French: tous ses oeufs dans le même panier

Portuguese: colocar todos os ovos em uma única cesta (to have all one’s eggs in one basket) Serbo-Croatian: сва јаја у једној корпи (sva jaja u jednoj korpi), сва јаја у истој корпи (sva jaja u istoj korpi) Swedish: alla ägg i samma korg, allt på ett kort

the state of having devoted everything to one thing