put all one's eggs in one basket

put all one's eggs in one basket

English

Verb

put all one's eggs in one basket

1. (idiomatic) To rely on a single source (as of income), rather than diversifying.

   They felt that buying more real estate than they already had would be putting all their eggs in one basket.

Translations

to rely on a single source

Chinese: Mandarin: (literal) 把所有雞蛋放在一個籃子裡, 把所有鸡蛋放在一个篮子里 (bǎ suǒyǒu jīdàn fàng zài yīgè lánzi lǐ) Danish: sætte alt på ét kort, sætte alt på ét bræt Finnish: panna kaikki munat samaan koriin (fi) French: mettre tous les œufs dans le même panier (fr)

German: alles auf eine Karte setzen (de), alle Eier in einen Korb legen Japanese: (literal) 一つのことに全てを賭ける (ひとつのことにすべてをかける, hitotsu no koto ni subete o kakeru) Russian: класть все я́йца в одну́ корзи́ну (klastʹ vse jájca v odnú korzínu), ста́вить всё на ка́рту (stávitʹ vsjo na kártu) Swedish: lägga alla ägg i samma korg